ruly

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹuːli/ Hyphenation: ru‧ly Rhymes: -uːli === Etymology 1 === From Middle English rewly, ruly, rewely, reweliche, from Old English hrēowlīċ (“grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, cruel”), equivalent to rue +‎ -ly. ==== Adjective ==== ruly (comparative rulier or more ruly, superlative ruliest or most ruly) (obsolete) Pitiable; miserable. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English rewly, reoly, reowliche, from Old English hrēowlīċe (“cruelly”), equivalent to rue +‎ -ly. ==== Adverb ==== ruly (comparative rulier or more ruly, superlative ruliest or most ruly) (obsolete) Pitiably; miserably. === Etymology 3 === Back-formation from unruly, or perhaps a continuation of Middle English rewly, ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”), equivalent to rule +‎ -ly, rule +‎ -y; or perhaps from Old French rulé, reulé, rieulé (“ruled”), past participle of rieuler (“to rule”). More at rule. ==== Adjective ==== ruly (comparative rulier, superlative ruliest) (rare) Neat and orderly. 1610: John Marston, Histrio-Mastix, page 28 (quarto): [Perpetuana:] Nay Ile be matchlesse for a carckanet,/Whose Pearles and Diamonds plac'd with ruly rocks/Shall circle this faire necke to set it forth [.] == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrulɪ] === Noun === ruly f inflection of rula: genitive singular nominative/accusative/vocative plural