snelly

adverb /ˈsnɛli/

1. quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly

   The snaw drives snelly through the dale.

2. sharply; severely; tartly; curtly

Where it comes from

From Middle English snelly, snellych, snellik, snellich, from Old English snellīċe (“rapidly, quickly, with activity”), from snellīċ (“moving quickly; swift”), equivalent to snell + -ly.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry snelly (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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