hreowlice

== Old English == === Etymology === From hrēow +‎ -līċe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxre͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈr̥e͜oːwˌliː.t͡ʃe] === Adverb === hrēowlīċe (comparative hrēowlīcor) miserably, cruelly, grievously, in a way to excite pity ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: reowliche, reuliche, rewly English: ruly === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hreówlíce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.