English
torely
Torely comes from Middle English torely.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500torely
- Englishtodaytorely
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500torely
- Englishtodaytorely
Formed from tore + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dus- ‘bad, ill, difficult’
Proto-Germanic *tuz- ‘hard, difficult, wrong, bad’
Middle English tor
English tore
Every English word from Middle English torely
Today it means
adv With difficulty; hardly; stoutly; firmly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English torely / torely