cuþlice

Old English

Etymology

From cūþlīċ +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːθˌliː.t͡ʃe/, [ˈkuːðˌliː.t͡ʃe]

Adverb

cūþlīċe (comparative cūþlīcor, superlative cūþlīcost)

1. clearly, certainly
2. openly, brazenly
   • The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse

     ...sēlre byþ ǣġhwām þæt hē ēaðmēdum ellorfūsne oncnāwe cūðlīce, swā þæt Crist bebēad þēoden þrȳmfæst.

     ...better is it for everyone that he with modesty the ready to depart should openly acknowledge, as that Christ commanded the glorious king.

3. publicly
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"

     ...cūðlīce ætēowode maneġum mannum, swā swā Matheus āwrāt.

     ...and publicly appeared to many men, as Matthew has written.