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fastly, adv. arch.|ˈfɑːstlɪ, ˈfæst-|
[f. fast a. + -ly2. Now replaced by fast adv.]
†1. In a fixed or steady manner. Obs.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §7 Sio nafa.. færþ micle fæstlicor..ðonne þa felᵹan. a1225Ancr. R. 234 Þet tu þer⁓efter þe wisluker wite him, hwon þu hauest ikelht him: & te uestluker holde. 1340Ayenb. 166 Hit be-houeþ þet he hym hyealde vestliche ine his wylle. 1549–62Sternhold & H. Ps. xxiv. 2 For he hath fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand.
†2. Firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly; with confidence. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal..festliche winnan wið onsiȝendne here. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 77 Cumen festliche to ure saule leche and unhelen him ure saule wundes. c1205Lay. 13000 Imong þan eorlen he stod & fastliche hit wið-soc. c1350Prose Psalter 196 Þe which bot if ich man haue bileued trewlich & fastelich. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) iii. xiii, Put forth fastely all thy good dedes to hym in as moche as they be good. 1513More in Grafton Chron. II. 766 The Lord Hastinges..perswaded the lords to beleve that the Duke of Glocester was sure & fastly faithfull to his prince. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 306 Faith, that fastlie beleeveth sinnes to be forgiven freelie by Christ.
†b. Without intermission or cessation. Obs.
971Blickl. Hom. 47 Gif þa lareowas þis nellaþ fæstlice Godes folce bebeodan. a1000ælfric Judg. iv. 24 Hiᵹ fæstlice weoxon. c1175Lamb. Hom. 237 Of þe folce we siggeð þat hit cumþ fastlice.
†3. Closely, securely. Obs.
c1050Lat. & A.S. Glosses in Wr.-Wülcker 354 Artius, fæstlicor. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 90 Cleue to his mercy & goodnes the more fastly. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. (1641) 42/2 A score of Anchors held her fastly bound. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 174 At the first littering their eyes are fastly closed. 1800Epist. to Sir W. Farquhar in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1801) IV. 175 Men, who love their places..And fastly hold them with unblushing faces. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 305 Their desires might bind them fastly to the Imperial cause.
4. Quickly, rapidly, speedily; hence, readily. Now rare.
c1205Lay. 27774 Forð heo gunnen fusen..& fastliche heom to buȝen. 1597Shakes. Lover's Compl. 61 Towards this afflicted fancy fastly drew. c1645Tullie Siege of Carlisle (1840) 13 Seeing them come fastly to her house. a1806K. White Rem. II. 84 The sand of life Ebbs fastly to its finish. 1859Cornwallis New World I. 207 The life of the child was fastly on the wane. |