Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)Harmful; scatheful.

Origin

From Middle English skathlye, equivalent to scathe + -ly. Compare Middle English skathely

From Middle English skathlye, equivalent to scathe + -ly. Compare Middle English skathely (adverb).

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Forms

more scathely, most scathely
Comparativemore scathely Lesson
Superlativemost scathely Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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