adv. Obs. Forms: 1 earmlíce, 2 erm-, 3 armliche. [f. ARM a. + -liche:—OE. -líce: see -LY2.] Miserably.
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Bæda, V. xiii. (Bosw.). He wæs earmlice beswicen.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 17. He wes ipinet ermiliche to deðe.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 328. Hu eruedliche [v.r. armliche] he ariseð þet under wune of sunne haueð ileien longe.
