adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a churlish manner; rudely, coarsely, harshly, roughly; with niggardliness.

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c. 1400.  Rom. Rose, 3164. So cherlishly his heed he shoke.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 72. Cherlichly K., cherlyschely H., churlisshly 1499, rusticaliter.

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c. 1530.  Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814), 489. So rudely handled, and so churlishely thretned.

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1591.  Shaks., Two Gent., I. ii. 60. How churlishly, I chid Lucetta hence.

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1657.  W. Coles, Adam in Eden, 239. The Root [of White Hellebore] … worketh very strongly, and churlishly.

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1741.  Middleton, Cicero (1742), II. vi. 46. Sextius … had behaved very churlishly towards him since his return.

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1875.  McLaren, Serm., Ser. II. x. 174. Churlishly treasured, and quickly lost.

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