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  1. underly: Merriam-Webster
  2. underly: Vocabulary.com
  3. underly: Wordnik
  4. underly: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (underly)

adjective:  (dialectal) Poor; inferior.
adverb:  (rare, obsolete) At a lower level.
adverb:  (chiefly colloquial) In an inferior or inadequate manner; insufficiently (chiefly in opposition to overly).
verb:  Nonstandard spelling of underlie. [(intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something.]

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