adv. Obs. rare. [f. OE. sorh, sorʓ SORROW sb. + -líce -LY2.] Sorrowfully.

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c. 1000.  St. Veronica, in Cambr. Antiq. Soc. (1851), 34. He swa sorhlice hys lyf ʓeendode.

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c. 1150.  Fragm. Ælfric’s Gram. (1838), 5. Þonne biþ þæt soule hus seoruhliche bereaued.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 21883. Sorhliche heo gunnen clupien to Arðure þan kinge.

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