stalely
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
stalely (comparative more stalely, superlative most stalely)
- In a stale manner.
- (obsolete) Of old; long since.
- 1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Tut, all your promis'd mountains, And seas, I am so stalely acquainted with
Synonyms edit
- (of old): of yore, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago
References edit
- “stalely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.