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▪ I. † ˈredily, adv. Obs.
Forms: 4 redilie, -lyche, 4–5 redyly, redili(che, 5 -lich, (? rydilich), 4–6 redily. compar. 4 redilokar, redylyer.
[f. redy a. + -ly2; but in many cases app. written for redely.]
a. Wisely, discreetly, prudently.
b. Precisely, certainly, assuredly.
a1300Cursor M. 6297 Als i sal tel yow redili For-þer mar in þis stori. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 105 If any man wille witen, & se of hir storie, At Westmynster written er þei redilie. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 153 Bote Rediliche [v.r. redelyche] Reson þou Rydest not heonnes. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 47 Ȝe helde forþ ȝoure purpose rediliche [v.r. redyly, L. caute] inow. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxvii. (1859) 31 Ther nys no pylgrym that goth so redyly but that oftymes he mote foruoyen. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xx. 129 The first premisse is redili trewe.
▪ II. redily
obs. form of readily adv. |