grossly (3 now the only surviving use)
1.
palpably, plainly, obviously Err. II. ii. 173,
All'sW. I. iii. 186
“so shown,”
H5 II. ii. 107, Sonn. xcix. 5.
2.
flagrantly,
excessively Meas. V. i. 473, John IV. ii. 94, 1H4 III. iii. 149, Ant. III. viii. 38
[x. 29].
3.
materially (opposed
to ‘spiritually’) Mer.V. V. i. 65,
Tw.N. V. i. 247
“A spirit . . . grossly
clad.”
4.
stupidly Meas. III. i. 18,
John III. i. 163
“led so by this meddling
priest,”
R3 IV. i. 79,
Oth. III. iii. 396
“grossly gape
on.”
5.
clumsily
Wiv. II. ii. 151
“Let them say 'tis
done.”
6.
indelicately,
coarsely
Mer.V. V. i. 266
“Speak not so
grossly.”
7.
(?) in a state of
gross sinfulness Ham. III. iii.
80.
