An archaic or dialectal adverb meaning in a crude, rough, or harshly cross-like manner (likely a variant of 'cruelly' or related to 'crude').
Possibly a dialectal or archaic variant combining 'crude' with '-ly', or a confusion with 'cruelly' (from Latin 'crudelis,' meaning harsh); the exact etymology is uncertain.
This word is so obscure that it might only appear in historical documents or regional dialects—it's the kind of word that shows how much English pronunciation and spelling have changed!
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