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† ˈvoidly, adv. Obs.
Also 5 voidli, voydely, 6 -lye.
[f. void a. + -ly2. Cf. OF. vuidement (Godef.).]
Vainly, uselessly; to no purpose.
c1400Destr. Troy 4384 At Vaxor þe vayn pepull voidly honourit Bachian..as a blist god. 1402Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 103 Thanne was the memento put fal[s]ly in the masse, and hooli chirche voidli or madli biddith preye. 1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 157 b, Of Christ thou takest thy name... And beware that thou bere not thy name voydely. 1544Betham Precepts War i. cxcvi. I iv, By whych policie he shal neuer attempte, ne enterpryse anye matter voydelye,..but by all wayes he shall haue hys owne desyre. |