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▪ I. ˈsovereignly, a. rare—1.
[f. sovereign n.]
Befitting a sovereign.
1884J. Parker Apost. Life III. 298 He quietly, with sovereignly tone, says, ‘Not now’.
▪ II. sovereignly, adv.|ˈsɒvrɪnlɪ|
Forms: (see sovereign n. and a.).
[f. sovereign a. + -ly2.]
In a sovereign manner.
1. In a supreme degree; in a surpassing or pre-eminent manner.
αc1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 8777 And þat land es cald soveraynly Þe kyngdom of God alle-myghty. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xi. 176 [Christ] comaundeth eche creature..hym to louye, And souereynelyche pore poeple. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 99 Þe kynde of þe þinges abown shall drawe hym soueraynly to þe craft þat accordes to hem. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 9 Many spyrtys it counfortyth souvereynly. a1536Songs, Carols, etc. (E.E.T.S.) 2 Soueraynly in mynd she is with me. 1577St. Aug. Manual (Longman) 5 Thou art good without qualitie, and therefore..sovereinly good.
βc1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 457 Al his hert..To loue hir was sett souereignelie. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxxxi. [clxxvii.] 549 Soueraygnely there ought none to enterprise any mater there. 1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. viii. (1592) 31 But soueraignlie the Sonne of Ioue bestird him in the presse. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. i. ii. 323, I cannot Beleeue this Crack to be in my dread Mistresse (So soueraignely being Honorable). 1648Boyle Seraph. Love ii. (1700) 15 He was Soveraignly Lovely in Himself. 1715Ash Serm. for S.P.G. 9 The other more exalted charity..sovereignly heals all the maladies and infirmities of a corrupt nature. 1768Woman of Honor II. 38 She possesses sovereignly the talent of declining offers without offence. 1834M. Edgeworth Helen iii. xii, An expression which had sovereignly taken her fancy. 1856Doran Knights & their Days 182 Alien knights who were expected to render obedience, and could not sovereignly exert it. 1891Meredith One of our Conq. xxxviii, She was a girl sovereignly pure, angelically tender.
γ1375Barbour Bruce x. 299 He, for his dedis worthy, Suld weill be prisit soueranly. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) 91 The whiche clennes we oweth souerenly to desire. 1432Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 19 Þat it may be pleasauns and louyng to hym soueranly.
δ1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 45 In þe worchep..souerengly of þe Noble confessour seynt Antony. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 135 Therfor good rennoune is Souerantly to be desyrid. a1500Chester Pl. i. 57 Wee thanke the lorde, full soverayntlie that us hath formed so cleane and cleare.
2. With supremacy or supreme power; royally; as a sovereign.
c1375Leg. Rood (1871) 124 A nobill king..Was gouernowre of grete empire Souerainly als lord and syre. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. 1064 Wher I hym leue in his royal sete Souereynly regnynge in quiete. 1471Fortescue Wks. (1869) 533, I wrote how that me semyd no woman ought soveranly or suppremely to reynge vpon man. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Presidial, Courts of Iustice..wherein ciuile causes are heard, and adiudged, Soueraignely, and with⁓out Appeales. 1643Case Affairs Law, Relig., etc. 12 The superiority that is but subordinately in them is soveraignely in the Parliament. 1692S. Patrick Answ. Touchstone 96 None but God can absolutely and sovereignly forgive sin. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. II. 410 A King who should determine sovereignly and command their armies. 1793Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiog. xxxiv. 176 [Women] often rule more effectually, more sovreignly than man. 1883Mem. Vol. Rev. Alex. Maclean 231 How sovereignly the Lord of Misrule sways his sceptre. |