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† deˈliverly, adv. Obs. or arch.
For forms see deliver a.
[f. deliver a. + -ly2.]
1. Lightly, actively, nimbly, quickly.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2009 Deliuerly he dressed vp, er þe day sprenged. c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1088 He..sette [his signet] Upon the wex deliverliche and rathe. c1440Partonope 7051 His Swerd he pulleth oute delyuerly. 1549Chaloner Erasmus on Folly R ij a, The nemblier and more deliverly to goe about theyr charge. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. x. 50 The claw-tailed Humble Bee..flyes as deliverly when great with young as when she is barren.
2. Deftly, cleverly.
1530Palsgr. 550, I fynger, I handell an instrument of musyke delyverly. 1612Two Noble K. iii. v, Carry it sweetly and deliverly. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Clubs Wks. (Bohn) III. 93 We get a mechanical advantage in detaching it well and deliverly.
¶ As adj. (erroneous archaism).
1820Scott Monast. xvii, A deliverly fellow was Hughie—could read and write like a priest, and could wield brand and buckler with the best of the riders. |