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ˈnextly, adv. Now rare. [f. next a. + -ly2.] 1. In the next place; next.
1584B. R. tr. Herodotus 53 To hym the chiefe gouern⁓ment of the army was nextly committed. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sq. T. (1888) vi. 121 Nextlie, the kinge and Queene, with sadder eye then whilome wonted, viewd each mutualie. 1620T. Granger Div. Logike 200 Chiefly in Arts where they are most accurately handled; and nextly in artificiall treatises. 1663Owen Vind. Animadv. Wks. 1851 XIV. 444 You add nextly, as my words, ‘The eye’ [etc.]. 1866Punch's Almanack, The cry of dogs is nextly heard. †2. Most immediately or directly. Obs.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. Ep. Ded., The Lord of the Soyl holds nextly of the King. 1754Edwards Freed. Will i. i. (1762) 2 The Thing nextly chosen or prefer'd when a man wills to walk. |