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▪ I. whitely, a. Now only Sc.|ˈhwaɪtlɪ|
Forms: 4 whitliche, 4, 7 whitly, 6 whitlie, whytley, whytely, 5– whitely; Sc. 5 quhitlie, 6 quhitly, quhytly, quhittlie.
[f. white a. + -ly1.]
Whitish; pale; light-complexioned, ‘fair’.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. ix. (Tollem. MS.), [A phlegmatic man is] whitly in face, ferful of herte. Ibid. xi. vi, Rauene briddes while þey ben whitliche [ed. 1495 whitlew, 1535 whitelewe, 1582 whitlewe] in feþeris, or þey ben blake. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) iii, A Bucke is a diuerse beste; he hath nought his heer as an hert, for he is more whitely. c1480Henryson Test. Cress. 214 Four ȝokkit steidis full different of hew,..The secund steid..Quhitlie and paill. 1548Recorde Urin. Physick x. (1651) 82 If..the colour of the garland [of the urine] be white, or whitely, it is a token full of good hope. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 17 He was fair and quhittlie. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iii. i. 198 A whitly wanton, with a veluet brow, With two pitch bals..for eyes. c1645Howell Lett. ii. xxii. (1890) 414 Those whitely Stars..Which make the Milky-Way. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 141 You have his whitely Look. 1737Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1750) 112 Whitely things are ay tender. 1833New Monthly Mag. May 65, I know him by his whitely eyes.
Comb.1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. (1541) e iij, A flematike person is whytly coloured: the colerike is browne and tawny. 1588Cert. Advert. out of Irel. B 3, The Prince of Ascule was a slender made man..whitely faced. 1656Mercurius Politicus No. 330 Flaxen haired, whitely faced.
▪ II. whitely, adv.|ˈhwaɪtlɪ|
[f. white a. + -ly2.]
So as to be or appear white; with a white colour or aspect.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxvi. (Tollem. MS.), Amonge all sterres Venus schineþ most comfortabely and whitly. 1611Cotgr., Candidement, whitely, fairely, in white. 1818Keats Endym. i. 626 See her hovering feet, More bluely vein'd,..more whitely sweet Than those of sea⁓born Venus. 1844Browning Laboratory i, These faint smokes curling whitely. 1876Hardy Ethelberta i, A whitely shining oval of still water.
▪ III. whitely
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