adv. Obs. rare. [f. OE. sorh, sorʓ SORROW sb. + -líce -LY2.] Sorrowfully.
c. 1000. St. Veronica, in Cambr. Antiq. Soc. (1851), 34. He swa sorhlice hys lyf ʓeendode.
c. 1150. Fragm. Ælfrics Gram. (1838), 5. Þonne biþ þæt soule hus seoruhliche bereaued.
c. 1205. Lay., 21883. Sorhliche heo gunnen clupien to Arðure þan kinge.