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Sorrowly vs Sorrowy - What's the difference?

sorrowly | sorrowy |

As an adverb sorrowly

is (poetic|archaic) with sorrow, full of sorrow.

As an adjective sorrowy is

(obsolete) sorrowful.

sorrowly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (poetic, archaic) with sorrow, full of sorrow
  • * {{quote-book, year=1797, author=An English Lady, title=A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795,, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Time passes sorrowly , rather than slowly; and my thoughts, without being amused, are employed. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Mrs. O. F. Walton, title=Christie's Old Organ, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Christie walked home very sadly and sorrowly ; he was in no haste to meet old Treffy's anxious, inquiring eyes. }}

    sorrowy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sorrowful.
  • * 1803 , “The War-Torn Veteran”, in The Evening Post'', reprinted in ''The Balance,, and Columbian Repository , Volume II, page 216:
    • With rev’rence I approach’d a hoary seer,
    Who, bending o’er his crutch, seem’d lost in woe,
    And many a sigh and many a sorrowy tear,
    Spoke plain as words “Ah! whither can I go?”