adv. Obs. [OE. wáclíce, f. wác WOKE a.: see -LY2.] Weakly, feebly, poorly.

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a. 1000.  Boeth. Metr., v. 34. Ne eft to waclice ʓeortreowe æniʓes godes.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Hom., I. 528. Ʒehwam sceamað, ʓif he ʓelaðod bið to woruldlicum ʓyftum, ðæt he waclice ʓescryd cume.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 294. Ȝif þu … werest te erest wocliche [MS. C. wachlichliche] & ȝiuest þe ueonde inȝong.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid. (1922), 10. Þe poure, þe beoð wacliche iȝeuen and biset on vuele.

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