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commonly, adv.|ˈkɒmənlɪ|
For forms see common a. (Also 5 -aly, -ally.)
[ME. comune-, comonlich, -ly, etc., f. common a.: see -ly2.]
†1. After a fashion or in a way common to all; in common; generally, universally. Obs.
a1300Fall & Passion 46 in E.E.P. (1862) 14 Þat communelich hi ne wer for-lor. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 120 Þan þe riche & pouere & alle comonly Fro Berwik to Douere held hir for lady. 1340Ayenb. 145 God þet ous made alle comunliche to his anlicnesse. c1400Rom. Rose 6732 Thanne oughten good folk comunly Han of his myscheef somme pitee. 1489Edinb. MS. Barbour's Bruce xi. 248 Commounaly. Ibid. xii. 304 Commonaly. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. i. 9 Adam and Eue us bynde all by lawe comonly to synne and dampnacyon. 1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1584) 216 Speaking commonly of all [gentlewomen], I say, that they have more abilitie to breede children, than to keepe secretes. 1581Confer. i. C iij, This of Saint James, for that it was written commonly to all the tribes of the Jewes dispersed, was called Catholike or generall. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 371 Some take it to be Man indefinitely, and commonly considered.
†2. In a common body, in one community or company; with common action or accord; unitedly, together. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 12065 (Gött.) Þe grete lauerdinges..ras again iesu alle bidene, And plaint on him made comminli. c1330Arth. & Merl. 6457 Our men bathe gret and lite, To gedir gadred hem comonliche. 1382Wyclif Gen. xiii. 6 The substaunce of hem [Abram and Lot] was myche, and thei myȝten not dwel comounli. c1450Merlin 96 Yef ye and alle the peple comynyally pray to our lorde for his grete pite. 1563Homilies ii. Com. Prayer (1859) 357 To pray commonly is for a multitude to ask one and the self thing with one voice.
†b. In the way of common possession. Obs.
1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 52 What is ours..You shall command as commonly, As if it were your owne.
†3. In intimate union, closely, familiarly. Obs.
c1325Coer de L. 1808 The Erle of Leycester, the Erle of Hertford, Ful comanly followed they their lord. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. x. 56 He might see The blessed angels to and fro descend From highest heaven in gladsome companee..As commonly as frend does with his frend.
†4. Openly, in public, publicly. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 799 That nycht thai spak al comonly [MS. E commonaly] Of thame within. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 381/4 He suffryd them not to begge comynly. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 611 Thys rumour openly spoken and commenly published. 1611Bible Matt. xxviii. 15 And this saying is commonly reported among the Iewes vntill this day.
5. As a usual circumstance; as a general thing; in ordinary cases; usually, ordinarily, generally.
a1300Cursor M. 238 (Cott.) Frankis rimes here I redd Comunlik in ilk[a] sted. 1340Ayenb. 56 Zuyche zennes arizeþ communliche ine tauerne. 1375Barbour Bruce xv. 160 Schir Eduard, that wes comonly Callit the kyng of Irland. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 26 a, He that is liberall to him self, is commonely liberal to another. 1549Bk. Com. Prayer, The firste daie of Lente commonly called Ashe-Wednisdaye. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. ii. i. 109, I am not prone to weeping (as our Sex Commonly are). 1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. 218 In this Land the shining Ones commonly walked. 1711Addison Spect. No. 121 ⁋6 Tho' the Mole be not totally blind (as it is commonly thought). 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 114 It commonly cures before Morning. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. p. ix, All the writings commonly attributed to Plato.
6. In an ordinary manner; to a degree that is common or ordinary. (Qualifying adjs.)
1706Estcourt Fair Examp. iv. i. 46 Because you are a Man of Worth, and her Husband's Friend, she can hardly be commonly civil to you. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. 348 Carinus..was more than commonly deficient in those qualities. 1853Lytton My Novel x. xiii, Had such qualities..been applied to objects commonly honest.
7. Meanly, cheaply; without anything special.
Mod. A room very commonly furnished. |