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curiosement (1160-74)
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curiosement (1160-74)

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curiousement,  curiusement  
  FEW:  curiosus 2/ii,1564b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  curiosement 9,267c TL: ∅ DEAF:  curios (curiosement)  DMF:  curieusement  TLF:  curieusement  OED:  curiously adv.  MED:  curiousli adv.  DMLBS:  curiose 539a

adv.

1carefully, diligently: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Mout curieusement toute nuit lez gaitassent, Lez trespas et lez camps et les voies gaitassent  Rom de Rou wace i 48.958
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  a ceo fere metez vostre poer curiousement  Ancren2 158.5
( MS: s.xiv2 )  Jeo ai traité totes cestes choses en moun quer qe jeo entendisse curiousement  Bible hackett 198rb
♦exactly, precisely: 
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  voillaunt savoir plus curiousement par quel enchaisoun il fust acusee  Actes (A) 373c
♦keenly, passionately: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  lez oier deviser trop curiousement  Sz Med1 48
2skilfully: 
( 1397 )  un front d’or de Cipre embroudez ové .x. large ymages curiousement  Gloucester Inventory 295
3inquisitively: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Asquanz mult curiusement Mettent tut lur entendement D’enquere e saver altri vie E lur trespas e lur folie  Mirur1 124ra33
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