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deboneirement (s.xiiiin)
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deboneirement (s.xiiiin)

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debonairement,  debonerement,  debonoirement  
  FEW:  ager 25,1321a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  debonairement 9,277c TL: debonaire (debonairement) 2,1237 DEAF:  debonaire (debonairement)  DMF:  débonnairement  TLF:  débonnairement  OED:  debonairly adv.  MED:  debonair(e)li adv.  DMLBS: ∅

adv.

humbly, meekly: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  mitius: (R) debonerement  Gloss Nequam1 248
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  ke vus vus confessez homblement e deboneirement  Ancren2 89.16
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  come il (=J.C.) nasquist debonairement; et [...] come vesquyt symplement  Sz Med1 35
♦kindly, graciously: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Il vint al roi Hermine sa file demaundaunt, Hermine li graunta mult deboneirement  Boeve (B) 996
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) l’arbre of tut sun fruit s’enclina e se abessa cum si ele debonairement sun fruit li tendist e dunast  Iter paris 139
( 1338 )  nostre sire le roi lour deveroit faire [...] debonairement et amiablement solonc le fait droit et lay  Treaty Rolls ii 118.23
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