† courselyadv.
Obsolete.
In due or ordinary course or order.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > usually or customarily > in the usual or natural course
courselyc1440
really1651
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 271 Kende, or kynde of thyngys þat Godd cowrsly hathe insett, natura.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 59 The 12 signes..In the zodiak cercle had passyde coursly.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxviii f. clx He renewed coursely the Chartre house of witham besyde Salysbury.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adv.c1440