rare. Obs. [f. UNDER a. or adv.]

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  1.  Subordinate; inferior, low.

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1648.  Symmons, Vind. Chas. I., 3. Themselves were then but poor fellows of an underly condition.

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1674.  N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., Ep. Ded. Such an underly Shrub in Knowledge, and unthrifty Sucker in Philosophy as I am.

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  2.  In a low state of health.

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1715.  Story, Life, etc. (1747), 502. Her Brother … was still very weak and underly.

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