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Meaning of Welshly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

In a Welsh manner.

Examples

“A sooner journey will be very combersome and jeopardous in regard of wayes, now deepe and dangerous, at all times steepe, craggy, and welshly teedious, wherefore (I trust) his Maᵗⁱᵉ will not denie soe old a servaunt such a winter suite, but be as God unto me, who desireth not yᵉ death of a sinner, neither will yᵉ Kinge my master desire yᵉ death of a most loyally faithful subject.”
“The 3d named Jenkin James, a luſty young Fellow, about the ſame Heigth as Gaſtril, has a good freſh Complection, bred by trade a Taylor, but of late has been uſed to ſawing, talks very much Welſhly, and had on when he went away a coarſe red Coat and Waſtecoat, the Buttons and Button Holes of the Coat black”
“Shee, Q.C., appointed Judge of the Court of Record at Salford. Naturally Shee likes being courted. Pity it wasn’t in Wales, as then they would Welshly-and-grammatically speak of “appearing before Shee” as “appearing before Her.””
“They’d taught her to speak Welshly – she didn’t always, but she could.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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