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primely, adv.|ˈpraɪmlɪ|
[f. prime a. + -ly2.]
1. In the first place, in the highest degree; firstly, primarily, originally. Now rare or Obs.
1613W. Browne Sheph. Pipe ii. (1614) D j, The Nightingale records againe What thou dost primely sing. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Pref. §13 Some parts of it [natural law] are primely necessary, others by supposition and accident. 1698Norris Pract. Disc. (1707) IV. Pref., The application..made to men's Reason and Understanding (as the part primely affected).
2. Exceedingly well; excellently. colloq.
c1746Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 40 Theaw looks primely. 1755–73Johnson, Primely..2. Excellently, supremely well. A low sense. 1873A. G. Murdoch Doric Lyre 26 He who this night dares the road, Should have his good steed primely shod. 1900A. Lang in Blackw. Mag. Mar. 367/1 It was primely witty to half-poison somebody with a surreptitious dose of medicine. |