What is meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. Dryden called?
poorly — Meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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