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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thrawartlie, Thrawardlie, Throwardlie, adv. [Altered form of Frawartly adv.] In a perverse or contrary manner; ill-temperedly, disagreeably. — 1533 Bell. Livy I 232/9.
The armye … did all thingis sa thrawartlie be sleuth and negligence, that nowthir schame nor fere of thare inemyis micht refrene thame 1565 Inverness Rec. I 129.
[She] ansuerit me thrawartlie and wickitlie wyth iniurious wourdis a1578 Crim. Trials I i 154.
But when the king saw … so many braw men vnder ane tirrantis commandement, throwardlie he turned about his face 15… Edinb. Test. CC 8/8/16, fol. 63a in Sanderson Rural Soc. 179.
Since it often happenis … to fall furth thrawardlie and unhappilie betwix the moder and the sonne