Meaning

3 senses
  1. (obsolete)Secretly.

  2. (obsolete)Sternly, imposingly.

  3. (obsolete)Sorrowfully; grievously.

Origin

From dern + -ly.

From dern + -ly.

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Forms

more dernly, most dernly
Comparativemore dernly Lesson
Superlativemost dernly

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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