mallement

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old French malement.

Adverb[edit]

mallement

evilly
unfortunately (in a manner which is unfortunate)
intimidatingly
badly; seriously
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 76:
  lui demanderent s'il estoit mallement blecé
  [they] asked him if he was badly injured

References[edit]

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (malement, supplement)

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