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▪ I. ˈtrimly, a. rare.
[f. trim a. + -ly1.]
Having a trim character.
1858Mrs. Gore Heckington I. xiii. 274 Estates and mansions [so] left..are now..of rare occurrence in our trimly island.
▪ II. trimly, adv.|ˈtrɪmlɪ|
[f. trim a. + -ly2.]
In a trim manner.
†1. Effectively, thoroughly, soundly, properly; cleverly, featly, neatly, nicely; finely, well. Obs.
1503–13Dunbar Poems liii. 200 Quhen I saw hir sa trimlye dance, Hir guid conwoy and countenance. 1556Olde Antichrist 171 Being trymlye furnished in false wyles and lies. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 489 Little showers..which.. make the Earth bring forth all things very trimly. 1600Fairfax Tasso vi. xcvii, This formost hazard had she trimly past. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Pref. 11 Harke ye..how trimly this sounds in English. 1679C. Nesse Antid. agst. Popery 133 Scaliger truly and trimly told the Jesuits.
2. So as to be neat, elegant, or smart in appearance or effect; neatly; finely, smartly.
1523[Coverdale] Old God & New (1534) P j, They shall haue trymly garnyshed & decked the aulters with many ymages. 1545Elyot, Candide uestitus, trymmely apparayled... Concinne, properly, honestly, trymly. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 331 The women [with] their haire trimly kembed and dressed. 1645Milton Colast. Wks. 1851 IV. 348 The stuff, though very cours and thredbare, garnisht and trimly fac't with the commendation of a Licencer. c1728Somerville To A. Ramsay 65 In all her richest head-geer trimly clad. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyssey vii. 107 All manner of garden beds, planted trimly. |