a. and adv. Obs. In 4 elenge-, eling-, elyngelich(e, 8 elengelick. [f. ELENGE + -LY1 and 2.]

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  A.  adj. Solitary, cheerless, miserable. B. adv. Drearily, miserably.

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c. 1305.  Land Cokayne, 15. Elinglich … may hi go, Whar þer woniþ men no mo.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XII. 45. Alisaundre, that al wan Elengeliche ended. Ibid. (1393), C. XXIII. 38. Filosofres … wonede wel elyngeliche and wolden nat be riche.

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1721–61.  Bailey, Elengelick, strangely or miserably. Old.

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