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jointly, adv.|ˈdʒɔɪntlɪ| [f. joint a. + -ly2.] In a joint manner; so as to be joined. †1. So as to be joined in space; together (in position); in contact; adjacently. Obs.
c1375Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 58 And þer-with ioyntly hold þi handes. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 18 b, The tenaunt shall..hold his handes iointly together betweene the handes of his Lord. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 88 But neere joynctle brayeth with rufflerye rumboled ætna. 1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes iv. 180 That whole Paragraph..being joyntly added, any Reader may compare them. †b. Continuously in space or time. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 1538 This Cite was sothely, to serche it aboute, þre iorneys full iointly to ioyne hom by dayes. 1548G. Wishart tr. Conf. Fayth Sweserland. in Wodrow Misc. (1844) 13 Yf there by any good that remayneth in man after the fall, that same beynge joyntelie made weaker and weaker by our vyce tournes to the worse. †2. Together, in union; concordantly, harmoniously; at the same time, simultaneously. Obs.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 127 To loke if þe lawe wole Iugge ȝou Ioyntely to be Ioyned for euer. a1400–50Alexander 1470 All þe iewis of ierusalem he Ioyntly a-sembles. 1545Brinklow Lament. (1874) 84 Loke..how iointly ye agre with the saide people of Iuda! 1593Shakes. Lucr. 1846 Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xlii. 352 They..went joyntly to a..Tent. †b. In conjunction with this. Obs.
1656Manasseh ben Israel Vind. Judæorum in Phenix (1708) II. 405 Your Worship desir'd jointly to know what Ceremony or Humiliation the Jews use in their Synagogues, toward the Book of the Law. 3. In conjunction, combination, or concert; unitedly; conjunctly: opp. to severally or separately. (The only current sense.)
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5850 Þarfor men sal yhelde acount ioyntly Of bathe togyder, þe saule and þe body. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. vii. (1869) 139 Soothliche this is weylinge and sorwe ioyntliche. 1469Waterf. Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 307 The saide Maire..byndith them yontly and severally to stand by this acte. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 23 §4 Landes..wherof she..was seised or possessed in her owne right..or jointly with her said husband. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iv. iv. 52 The Rascall people..Ioyne with the Traitor, and they ioyntly sweare To spoyle the City. 1676Dryden Aurengz. ii. i. 15 Where'er you lead, We joyntly vow to own no other Head. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. xii. 193 A devise to two persons, to hold jointly and severally, is said to be a joint-tenancy. 1875Bryce Holy Rom. Emp. App. B. (ed. 5) 450 The relation of Schleswig to Holstein, and of both jointly to the Danish crown. |