[f. prec.] In a spreading manner.
1600. Thynne, Epigr. (1876), 82. Thow Bacchus plant,… Why dost thou clyme my howse so spreddinglie? Ibid. (1602), in Chaucer’s Wks., b j. What fame Arpinas spreadingly doth find By Tullies eloquence and oratorie.
1641. Milton, Reform., 6. The best times were spreadingly infected.
