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hardily, adv.|ˈhɑːdɪlɪ|
[f. hardy a. + -ly2.]
In a hardy manner.
1. Boldly; courageously, with hardihood.
a1225Leg. Kath. 676 Hald hardiliche [v.r. herdeliche] on þæt tu hauest bigunnen. a1300Cursor M. 12953 Herdili [Gött. hardli] he yode him nerr. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 2966 Now..fiȝt þai agin ardiliche. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xxvi. (1869) 85 Go, quod she, hardiliche, with oute dredinge rude entendement. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. viii. 72 Nochttheles he sparet nocht to speik hardilier. 1600Holland Livy 461 (R.) At the first the Gaules and Spanyards..mainteined the conflict right hardily. 1799Bp. Horsley Speech July (R.), Confidently and hardily I make the assertion, and I challenge confutation. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 313 They could foretell hardily, because they could not yet be convicted of untruth.
†2. Robustly; not tenderly. Obs. rare.
1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. iv. (1686) 41 Horses that run abroad all Winter, which however hardily bred, and kept [etc.]. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. iii. 29 She loves to use herself hardily. 1793Beddoes Catarrh 167 Among those hardily brought up.
†3. Parenthetically. = It may be boldly said; freely, certainly, assuredly, by all means. In later use changed through hardely to hardly. Obs.
c1300Cursor M. 23767 (Edin.) Hardilik [v.r. hardeli] es he cuard, þat nankin part mai pol of hard. c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 68 Alle othere manere giftes, hardily [so 4 MSS.; 2 hardely]..alle been giftes of Fortune. c1400Destr. Troy 1934 Þou hardly no hede of þi hele toke..When þou entrid our Ile. c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iv. 1348 There lyue noon better at this day, hardyly. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 270 No, no, syr, hardely. a1553Udall Royster D. i. ii. (Arb.) 19 Yea now hardly lette me alone. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 4 Bee he Preacher, Lawier, yea, or Cooke either hardely. 1600Holland Livy xxiv. viii, Elect him Consull hardly, and good leave have you. |