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語源 1

From 中期英語 rewly, ruly, rewely, reweliche, from 古期英語 hrēowlīċ (“grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, cruel”), equivalent to rue +‎ -ly.

形容詞

ruly (comparative rulier or more ruly, superlative ruliest or most ruly)

1. (obsolete) Pitiable; miserable.

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 rewly, reoly, reowliche, from 古期英語 hrēowlīċe (“cruelly”), equivalent to rue +‎ -ly.

副詞

ruly (comparative rulier or more ruly, superlative ruliest or most ruly)

1. (obsolete) Pitiably; miserably.

語源 3

Back-formation from unruly, or perhaps a continuation of 中期英語 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.

形容詞

ruly (comparative rulier, superlative ruliest)

1. (rare) Neat and orderly.
   • 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 224:

     What is certain is that everything they see is strange: the lifeless neatness of the courtyard, the straightness of the paths, the ruly gang of labourers in their dull uniforms and with their ageless, polished faces.

   • 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 [.]