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newly, adv.|ˈnjuːlɪ|
Forms: 1 níwlice, 3 neowe-, 4 new(e)liche, 3 newelike; 4 newli, neuli, -ly, 5 nvly, nulye, nyowely, 4–6 newelie, (5 -li), 4– newly, 6–7 newlie.
[f. new a. + -ly2: cf. MDu. niewelike, -lijc, MLG. ni(g)elik(en, MHG. niuwelîch(e, niulîch(e, G. neulich, ON. nýliga (Da. nylig, Sw. nyligen).]
1. a. Very recently or lately; within a very little time (before that spoken of).
Now rare except as in b and c; formerly sometimes with present tense.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. x. 202 Romane hæfdon þa niwlice ᵹesett þæt [etc.]. Ibid. vi. iv. 260 Hio þa wæs niwlice cristen. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 494 Her cumað to eow niwlice tweᵹen Ebreisce men. a1225Ancr. R. 218 Hwonne a mon haueð neoweliche wif iled hom, he nimeð ȝeme..of hire maneres. c1250Gen. & Ex. 293 Newelike he was of erðe wrogt, And to ðat mirie blisse brogt. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 67 Harald was comand, neuly was mad kyng. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 284 That myghte not ben, to myn avys, that so manye scholde have entred so newely. 1490Caxton Eneydos xi. 41 This man..neweli hither comyn to soiourne in our countreys. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. cclv. 378 The towne of Breure, the which was newely before turned frenche. 1602Middleton Phœnix i. i. 141, I heard newly Of sudden travel which his grace intends. 1641Evelyn Diary 8 Oct., The Infante Cardinal..being dead but newly. 1699Bentley Phal. 95 Did he not newly say [etc.]. 1738Wesley Ps. lxxx. ix, A generous and right noble Vine When newly out of Egypt brought. 1866Howells Venet. Life 29 [I] being newly from a land where everything..was in good repair.
b. With pa. pples. used predicatively.
a1300Cursor M. 3653 Þou sal sai þou ert esau, Fra þe forest newli comen. c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. met. iii. (1868) 122 Þat oþer of hem is newliche chaunged in to a wolf. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 284 But that might not ben.., ne so manye newely slayn, with outen stynkynge. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 193 This ordir ys not nyowely maket. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xlvi. 155 Than he..toke leue of his cosyn that was newly maryed. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. (1887) 120 Such as be newly recouered from sicknes. 1657Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer (1661) 22 Our Saviour's rule given to him that was newly cured..by him. 1676G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i, A Ladies head newly dress'd for a Ball. 1711Addison Spect. No. 45 ⁋6 A Woman of Quality..newly returned from France. 1784Cowper Task iii. 750 A transient guest, newly arrived, And soon to be supplanted. 1818Shelley Rosal. & Helen 800 Like some bright spirit newly born. 1886Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 54 §1 Any hop ground..newly cultivated as such after the passing of this Act.
c. In attrib. combs. (now hyphened).
These are especially common in the 19th and 20th cents.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 21 He wrote an Epistle to the newlye created Emperoure. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 34 His newly-budded pineons to assay. 1615Chapman Odyss. xii. 137 A newly kitn'd kitlings cries. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 443 The ancient, but newly-revived heresy of the Arians. 1690Locke Ess. Hum. Understanding III. x. §32 He that, in a newly-discovered country, shall see several sorts of animals and vegetables, unknown to him before, may have as true ideas of them, as of a horse or stag. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 336 With your newly-espous'd system. 1740Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xx. 267 To have confirmed the poor woman in her newly-assumed penitence. 1807Wordsw. Ode Intim. Immort. 92 Shaped by himself with newly-learned art. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxix. III. 57 In the newly-hatched caterpillar. 1831Mill Let. 22 Oct. (1910) I. 19 They have formed a plan for a new colony,..on the coast of Southern Australia, near the place where the newly discovered navigable river discharges itself into the sea. 1834― in Monthly Repos. VIII. 163 The many are..likely to make a most dangerous use of their newly-acquired power. 1848S. M. Gray Let. 11 Apr. in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) xi. 107 Many compliments [were] paid to the newly married couple. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 170 A newly-stripped bullock's hide. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 135 This newly-discovered fairyland. 1937Burlington Mag. Apr. 173/2 Prince of a newly-constituted State. 1968R. A. Lyttleton Myst. Solar Syst. v. 166 It endows the newly-formed comets with orbits that are almost parabolic. 1974J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give viii. 35 Lennox was bringing the newly-arrived Sugden up to date on the murder.
d. newly-wed, newlywed, a person newly married.
1918Cosmopolitan Feb. 90/2 It seemed that a Newly⁓wed can live on Marmalade for about three months. 1932Auden Orators iii. 103 To-day may mean division for the newly-weds. 1935Discovery Mar. 91/1 Generation upon generation of newly-weds are tempted to ‘come and live in leafy ―’. 1938J. I. Rodale King's English on Horseback 146/1 Newlyweds. First-nighters. 1959G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman viii. 163 ‘Quite the blissful newly-weds, aren't we?’..‘Well, we are newly-weds.’ 1973Guardian 12 Mar. 9/6 The advertisement..was one of a series which featured a newly-wed, an insurance man and a saleslady.
†2.
a. Within a little (from now); soon. Obs.
c1330Arth. & Merl. 4648 (Kölbing), Ȝe schullen haue neweliche Hors & armes & alle þing. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 237 Now sire eorle, þu holdest Engelond, þu schalt riȝt newliche [L. in proximo] be kyng.
†b. Immediately or soon (after a particular time); quickly. Obs.
c1330Arth. & Merl. 1984 (Kölbing), A chapman..seyd of Merlin openliche, He wald him telle neweliche. 1375Barbour Bruce v. 122 Sic hansell to the folk gaf he,..Newly at his ariwyng. a1400–50Alexander 4740 Newly eftir þe none or nere þare-aboute. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 54 Yf I should mary me so newly, I should be greatly blamed.
3. Anew, afresh.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxliii. 10 Ic niwlice niwne cantic þam godan Gode gleawne singe.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xiii. (Mark) 169 Þane one þe morne..Þai drew hyme newly thru þe towne. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (B.N.C. MS.) lf. 116 Þan bigan þey alle newely to wepe. 1530Palsgr. 839/2 Newly, de nouueau. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 663 The lawes of the realme, in part he reformed, and in part he newely augmented. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 371 Our King having gotten York-house..did newly enlarge and beautify it. 1673Owen Sacram. Disc. Wks. 1851 IX. 56 He is as it were (so the word is) newly sacrificed. 1876Davis Polaris Exp. i. 29 She was newly planked inside and out. 1880Swinburne Stud. Shaks. 182 We have but the eternal..figures of jealousy and innocence newly vamped and veneered.
4. In a new fashion or manner.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 137 That mirth is more worthe, which is moued by a worde newlie spoken, then if a long tale should pleasauntly bee tolde. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 216 Talke or walke oldly or newly. 1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 184 Instances in which these elements are newly arranged, and in which their transfer and changes produce very important phænomena. 1885Chitty in Law Times Rep. LIII. 80/2 Not merely in a new word, but in a word newly or fancifully applied. |