sorwefully
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sorfuliche, sorghfully, sorwefuliche, sorwfuliche, sorwfulli
- sorewfuly, soroufully, sorowefully, sorowfully, sorowfuly, soruful-li, sorwefulliche, sorwfully (Late Middle English)
- serfulli (Cambridgeshire); serufoly (Worcestershire); sorfulli, sorfullic, sorufulli (West Riding)
- seorhfuliche, seorhfulliche, seoruhfulliche, sorchfullich, sorhfulliche (Early Middle English, West Midland)
Etymology
From sorweful (“sorrowful”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔrwəful(l)iː/, /ˈsɔrɔu̯ful(l)iː/, /ˈsɔr(ə)ful(l)iː/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/
Adverb
sorwefully
Descendants
- English: sorrowfully
- → Middle Scots: sorrowfullie (hapax)
References
- “sorwefullī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.