commodyadv.
Editorial misreading of commodiously adv. in the 15th-cent. manuscript on which quot. 1766 is based.Explained by N.E.D. (1891) as an apparent borrowing of classical Latin commodē conveniently.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adverb]
gainlyc1175
covenablyc1384
goodlyc1405
commodiously1420
handsomely1538
gainfully1549
conveniently1633
cleverly1697
commodely1749
commody1766
handily1793
accommodatingly1796
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 354 Whan he may best and most commody [a1450 comodiously] have leisure thereto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018).
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adv.1766