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richly, adv.|ˈrɪtʃlɪ|
Forms: α. 1 ríclíce; 3 richelike, 3–4 -lich(e, 4 -leche, 5 -lych; 3 rychelyche, 5 -liche. β. 4–6 riche-, rychely; 4 richli, -ley, 4–6 -lie, 6– lye, 6– richly; 6 rychly, ry(t)chlie, rechlie.
[OE. ríclíce, = MDu. rikelike, etc. (Du. rijkelijk), MLG. rîk(e)lîken, OHG. rîh-, rîchlîcho (G. reichlich), ON. ríkulega (Sw. rikligen, Da. rigeligt): see rich a. and -ly2.]
†1. With great authority or power. Obs.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xix. 144 Ᵹe budon swiðe riclice & swiðe aᵹendlice. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 128 On ðam daᵹum rixode æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyriᵹ riclice.
2. In a rich, sumptuous, or splendid manner.
αc1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xvi. 19 Sum weliᵹ man wæs, & he..dæᵹhwamlice riclice [L. splendide] ᵹewistfullude. c1205Lay. 2728 Siluius..richeliche he nom his sonde & sende to Ebrauke. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7725 Festes he wolde holde so nobliche..& so richeliche. c1330Arth. & Merl. 2160 (Kölbing), Aurilisbrosias out þai souȝt & richelich in erþe him brouȝt.
βa1300Cursor M. 21604 Wit-in þe kirc of sant soffie þar ha þai sett it richelie. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 35 Þe abbey of Rumeye he feffed richely, With rentes fulle gode & kirkes of pris. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1037 Dido, This fresche lady..Stod in the temple in hire estat ryal So rychely. c1400Destr. Troy 13690 Ermonia, þe myld,..Þat Orestes þe rynke richeli had weddit. c1450Merlin 188 The Duke hym contened in this maner richely as ye haue herde. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop i. xii, Better worthe is to lyue in pouerte surely than to lyue rychely beyng euer in daunger. a1542Wyatt in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 85 Richely she fedes, and at the richemans cost. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 4 They might liue richly and in abundance of all things. 1633Ford Broken Heart iv. iv, For requital I will report thee to thy mistress richly. 1651French Distill. v. 126 To make a Spirit of Amber-gryse that a few drops thereof shall perfume a pint of Wine most richly. 1754Gray Poesy 90 Whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year. 1797Coleridge This Lime-Tree Bower, Richlier burn, ye clouds! 1829Scott Anne of G. ii, His is mountain-bred, and I will reward him richly.
b. With pa. pples. used predicatively.
αc1320Sir Tristr. 1434 His armes weren al newe, Þat richeliche were wrouȝt. 1390Gower Conf. II. 47 What ben thei, that now riden hiere, And ben so richeliche arraied? c1450Lovelich Grail xxxv. 521 A lytel hows..Whiche was some tyme Richelych dyht.
βc1320Sir Tristr. 1662 Þe coupe was richeli wrouȝt, Of gold it was, þe pin. c1350Will. Palerne 1934 No man vpon molde schuld mow deuise Men richlier a-raid. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) ii. 6 Þe coroune lyes in a vessell of cristall, wele dight and richely. 1470–85Malory Arthur iv. vi. 125 They..founde hit..rychely behanged with clothe of sylke. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxxxiii. 259 He was rychely aparellyd in cloth of golde. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. (1587) 192 With promise that they should be rechlie rewarded for their good seruice. 1637Heywood Royall King iv. xiii, I have not seene a Modell richlier fram'd. 167012th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 21 The under pettycoatt very richly laced with two or three sorts of laces. 1709Steele Tatler No. 6 ⁋11 Seventeen Volumes, very richly bound. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 187 Under this hangs another, richly set with jewels. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 25 His memory was richly stored. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 74 It may have been richly sculptured. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 120 Large pictures..in frames of carved wood, richly gilt.
c. With pa. pples., forming attributive combs.
1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxxvii. (1674) 116 The most magnificent, and richliest adorn'd Palace in all Parnassus. 1822Scott Pirate xxxvii, A lofty, well-proportioned, and richly-ornamented Gothic window. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 369 Tobacco in any other form than that of richly scented snuff was held in abomination. 1874J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 61 In richly-furnished churches all the upper row of seats may be stalls, i.e. separated by elbows.
d. In comb. with adjs. or pres. pples.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Magnificence 9 The glorious Temple, Builded richly-rare. Ibid. 1018 His saffron'd Ruffe is edged richly-neat With burning Carbuncles. 1848Buckley Iliad 83 The fences of the richly-blooming fields. 1850Thackeray Pendennis xxiv, One asked for a lock of his hair, which was long and in richly-flowing ringlets.
3. So as to be rich.
c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vi. 18 He wald hafe maried me richely with a grete prince doghter. c1440Alph. Tales 246 Gyff me all þi gudis, at þurgh name of þaim I may richelie be marid. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xv. (1614) 321 She was faire and noble..and richly married to Sinatus the Tetrarch. a1814Fam. Politics i. i. in New Brit. Theatre II. 194, I hoped to see her greatly, richly married. 1876C. M. Yonge Womankind xxxi, Their mothers..cherish wishes that their girls may ‘marry well’; i.e. richly.
4. With possession of riches. rare—1.
1588Greene Perimedes 31 Poorely content is better then richlye couetous.
5. Amply, fully, thoroughly.
1617Moryson Itin. i. 179 Which made me repent the buying of him, though otherwise he was richly worth my money. 1694Gibson in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 236 It seems to me to be richly worth the money. 1709Steele Tatler No. 7 ⁋17 So richly does he seem to deserve his Chastisement. 1854Doran Habits & Men 178 She richly merited the well-earned benedictions. 1856Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) I. 270 The Aquarium..was richly worth inspecting. 1884Manch. Exam. 14 May 5/2 If they did so they would richly merit the severest censure.
6. Of colour: Intensely, deeply.
a1601? Marston Pasquil & Kath. (1878) i. 298 Her face as richly yellow as the skin of a cold Custard. 1785Burns Scotch Drink ii, Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink, Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. ii. 153 The bald veteran..Richly bronz'd by many a summer-sun. |