swith
Americanadverb
verb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- swithly adverb
Etymology
Origin of swith
before 900; Middle English (adv.), Old English swīthe strongly, equivalent to swīth strong (cognate with German geschwind, Old Norse svinnr fast, Gothic swinths strong) + -e adv. suffix
Example Sentences
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That fade swith the “For You” tab, which shows bushels of stale tweets by people you follow and irrelevant tweets by people you don’t.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2023
It's laced swith gallows humor, but also abrupt shifts of the moral high ground.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2012
Perhaps we ought to read: ‘And out of the valey he hyd swith.’
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
Thus responds the brusque but kind-hearted old jailer, who view swith an air of compassion his new comer, as he lays, a forlorn mass, exposed to the gaze of the prisoners gathering eagerly about him.
From Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
He shouted and sang how— “Estmere threw his harpe asyde, And swith he drew his brand!”
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
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