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outerly, adv. (a.) Now rare.|ˈaʊtəlɪ|
Forms: 4– outer-, (4–5 outir-, outre-, owter-, owtre-, 5 outtur-, 5–6 outter-); 4–5 -liche, -li, 5–7 -ly.
[Another form of utterly, conformed to out, outer.
It is remarkable that this was very frequent in 14–15th c., when outer itself was rare.]
†1. In an utter or extreme degree; entirely, absolutely; in an unqualified manner. = utterly adv. outerly not, not at all, in nowise. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11520 Þan telly þe outrely schent. c1360Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 530/131 Schewe not þin herte outerliche To þi seruaunt. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 437 Crist is in ilche mannes soule þat loveþ hym owterliche. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋160 The othere goode werkes..been outrely [v. rr. outerly, vtterly] deede as to the lyf perdurable in heuene. 1388Wyclif Deut. xv. 4 And outerli [L. omnino] a nedi man and begger schal not be among ȝou. 1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 349/1 Ye weiȝt which is clepid aunselle shal outirli be putt awei. a1541Wyatt Ps. li. Poems (1810) 394/1 And seeth hymself not outterly depryued From lygth of grace.
2. In an outward direction; towards the outside. Now dial.
1681Grew Museum i. 27 In the lower Jaw, two Tusks,..like those of a Boar, standing outerly, an inch behind the Cutters.
B. adj. Of a wind: Blowing from an outward direction: cf. westerly. Now dial.
a1642Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts ii. (1704) 260/1 Open Bays, subject to..outerly Winds. 1896Crockett Grey Man 299 (E.D.D.) An outerly wind might drive him to the coast of Ireland. |