adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Thoroughly (in a bad sense), notoriously, abominably.
a. 1600. John Bon, 81, in Hazl., E. P. P., IV. 10. Ye sing so arantly well, ye make me fal a slepe.
1692. LEstrange, Fables, cccxi. 273 (J.). Funeral Tears are as Arrantly Hird-out as Mourning Cloaks.
1834. Sir H. Taylor, Artevelde, II. V. iii. That is a heavy falling-off, my friends, And arrantly ill-timed.