English
runningly
Runningly comes from Middle English runningly.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500runningly
- Englishearliest quotation 1924runningly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500runningly
- Englishearliest quotation 1924runningly
Earliest quotation: 1924, Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike: “Unless it is read runningly, the metrical movement will…”
Formed from running + -ly
Every English word from Middle English runningly
Today it means
adv In a running manner; so as to run.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English runningly / runningly