adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a sottish manner.

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1566.  Drant, Horace, Sat., II. i. E viij. They say that I am subiecte vnto drinke, And shotishely vppon excesse, laye out what so I thynke.

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1583.  G. Harvey, Pierce’s Super., I. Wks. (Grosart), II. 7. I am none of those, that … sottishly hugge theire owne babyes.

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1629.  Massinger, Picture, III. v. I am not So sottishly credulous to believe the devil Hath that way power.

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1691.  Hartcliffe, Virtues, p. xviii. He breaths short Sighs often, sleeps seldom, till he dyes as sottishly, as he lived.

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1702.  Eng. Theophrastus, 274. A man of parts may love indiscreetly but not sottishly.

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1828–32.  Webster, Stupidly, with extreme dullness;… sottishly.

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