a. Obs. [OE. earfoðlíc, f. earfoðe sb.: see prec. and -LY1.] = prec.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Deut. i. 17. Gif eow æniʓ þing þince earfoþlice, secʓað hit me.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 127. Þo com þe fader his speche and witeȝede þe childes arueðliche herbiwist. [Also on p. 125.]
