adv. Sc. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Boldly, confidently, briskly, pertly.
1787. Burns, Tam Samson’s Elegy, vii. Ye cootie moorcocks, crousely craw.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xxxix. Things are ill aff when the like o’ them can speak crousely about ony gentleman’s affairs.
