rankly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: From Middle English rankli, ronkly, from Old English ranclīċe (“showily; boldly”), equivalent to rank + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic rakklega (“boldly; valiantly”).
- In a rank manner.
“Certainly no pages could seem to the censor more rankly blasphemous.”