adv. Obs. [f. ASPER a. + -LY2.] Roughly, harshly; fiercely, bitterly.

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c. 1314.  Guy Warw., 84. Ther he defended him asperliche.

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c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. P., C. 373. Heter hayreȝ … þat asperly bited.

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1490.  Caxton, Eneydos, xv. 57. Tormented ryght asperly with … grete heyle stones.

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1531.  Elyot, Gov., III. iv. (1557), 155. Warred most asprely agaynst the Romains.

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