fastlyadv.
/ˈfɑːs(t)li/, /ˈfas(t)li/, U.S. /ˈfæs(t)li/ rare after 16th cent. Now nonstandard.† 3. Without intermission or cessation; constantly. Obsolete.† 5. Scottish. Very nearly, almost. Obsolete.
1. † b. With resolute or steadfast purpose or intent; earnestly, unwaveringly, zealously; (also) with fixed attention; intently, diligently. Obsolete.Compare later use of 2a in figurative contexts, which often also indicates steadfast or loyal behaviour.† c. With verbs expressing forceful action or energetic activity: with powerful or relentless intent; vigorously, furiously, hard. See also sense 4. Obsolete.
a. In a strong, fixed position; in a firm or definite way; firmly, fixedly; immovably.Frequently, esp. in Old and Middle English, in figurative contexts, often overlapping with and difficult to distinguish from sense 1b.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed)
stronglyeOE
fasteOE
stitha1000
hardOE
fastlyOE
steadfasta1300
stithlya1300
steevec1330
a-rootc1374
firmlyc1374
hard and fastc1380
sadc1380
sadlya1398
steadfastlya1400
stronga1400
stalworthlyc1440
solidatively?1541
hardfast1548
secure1578
sickera1586
solidly?1611
tighta1625
securely1642
steevely1790
inexcussably1816
tightly1866
OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) xi. 197 Amang þam neod is þæt hi þæra preosta claustru..fæstlice trymmon on ælce healfe [L. firmis undique circumdent munitionibus], þæt nan..infær ne utfær næbbe buton æt þam gatum.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 363 Sio nafu nehst þære eaxe, sio ferð micle fæstlicor and orsorlicor þonne þa felgan don.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 135 Ðanne ðe cumð a michel lust after ane þinge..fastliche wid eald [emended in ed. to wiðheald] þe.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 251 Ope huam [sc. Christ] byeþ y-set and ymad uestliche be guode bileaue, þe stronge casteles þet byeþ þe herten of guode men.
a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis l. 681 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 22 Quhen scho fastly had espyid He bowned him and wald nocht byid.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms xxiv. 2 For he hath fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand.
1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes xcvii, in Wks. sig. Ddivv Walke thou fyrstly, walke thou lastly: Walke in the walke that standth fastly.
1645 R. Byfield Temple-defilers Defiled Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Their power through their interest in the Royall favour was superlatively great, their Hierarchy fastly rooted in the ancient Lawes.
1877 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 16 Apr. 3/2 Not even the appearance of an angelic messenger could eradicate from the rival races their fastly rooted antipathies.
2009 Proc. 15th Internat. Conf. Intelligent Syst. Applications to Power Syst. (accessed 24 Nov. 2020) The critical point of the classical CHA is that it may get stuck fastly in poor local optimal solutions.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
OE Blickling Homilies 193 Þær beoþ gegearwode Godes mildheortnessa..þæm mannum þe heora synna & unrihtes fæstlice geswicaþ.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 77 Cumen festliche to ure saule leche and unhelen him ure saule wundes.
c1350 Athanasian Creed (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 196 Þis ys þe bileue catholik, þe which bot if ich man haue bileued trewlich & fastelich, he ne may nouȝt be sauf.
c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 181 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 12 And luffit criste mar Increly þan þe laf did, Richt fastly.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 43/2 Ye lord Hasting..perswaded the Lordes to belieue, that the Duke of Gloucester, was sure and fastlye faithfull to hys prince.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 306 Faith, that fastlie beleeveth sinnes to be forgiven freelie by Christ.
1612 W. Leigh Queene Elizabeth i. 9 I may fastly say, it was disloyaltie in Warwicke.
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OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 303 Godes mynstra he sceal mundian æfre..& fæstlice [a1225 Lamb. 487 festliche] winnan wið onsigendne here.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 406 His horn he vastliche [c1300 Otho mainliche] bleu.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9550 Fastliche heo on-sloȝen.
2. † b. With verbs of command or prohibition: urgently, solemnly; strictly. Obsolete.
a. So as to be difficult to detach or separate; tightly, securely, closely. Also in figurative contexts, typically referring to steadfast or loyal behaviour.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb]
fasteOE
fastlyeOE
hardOE
hetefastea1225
file-fasta1250
sickerlyc1275
stiff1525
tighta1625
soundly1632
starkly1819
tightlya1865
bracingly1874
eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) (2009) i. 70 Ðeodric Amuling..þone þegn oferfeng, heht fæstlice folcgesiðas healdon þone hererinc.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Judges ix. 51 Closed most fastli [a1425 Corpus Oxf. fastly; a1425 L.V. stronglieste] þe ȝate.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFiiv Cleue to his mercy and goodnesse the more fastly.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 159 A score of Anchors held her fastly bound.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 174 At the first littering their eyes are fastly closed. View more context for this quotation
1800 Epist. to Sir W. Farquhar in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) IV. 175 Men, who love their places..And fastly hold them with unblushing faces.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited ix. 305 Their desires might bind them fastly to the Imperial cause.
1927 Dial. Notes 5 x. 474 Fastly, firmly, persistently. ‘Brethren, you-all got t' stick fastly t' th' church o' Gawd!’
1969 T.M. Disch Echo Round His Bones (1970) 23 The transmitters, as we have already seen, were more fastly guarded.
2013 @Chutneylady 22 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Nov. 2020) I'm hoping that crown is now fastly fixed on top of your heads! #teamwork.
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OE tr. Theodulf of Orleans Capitula (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 321 Eac we beodað..þæt he hyne na ne underfoo, forþon hit is swiðe fæstlice on canonum forboden.
a1200 (?OE) Writ of Edward the Confessor, Westminster (Sawyer 1142) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 363 Icc wille & fæstlice bebeode þæt þeos mundbyrdnesse beo strang & staþelfæst in to þære halgan stowwe.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 37 Gif ðu luuest ðat ilke þing ðe godd fastliche ðe forbettt [read forbett].
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb] > without cessation
fastlyOE
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
unceasinglyc1340
incessably1398
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
perpetuallyc1475
incessantly1481
uncessantlya1500
incessant1558
ceaselessly?1606
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
upon or on a stretch1689
at one or a stretch1774
unabatingly1793
at the stretch1867
never-ceasingly1869
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke xxiii.10 Stabant etiam principes sacerdotum..constanter accusantes eum : stodon æc soðlice aldormen sacerda..fæstlice gehendon hine.
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Judges (Laud) iv. 24 in S. J. Crawford Old Eng. Version of Heptateuch (1922) 405 Hig fæstlice weoxon & mid strangre mihte hine ofþri[h]ton.
a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 237 Of þe folce we siggeð þat hit cumþ fastlice.
4. At a fast speed; quickly, rapidly. Formerly also: †readily (obsolete). Cf. fast adv. 7a, 8.Originally probably a specific development of sense 1c.
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the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adverb]
yeverlyeOE
cofeOE
snellya1000
whatlichea1000
swiftlyc1000
yernea1023
skeetc1175
swithc1175
whatec1175
lightly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
swithc1275
fastc1300
quickc1300
titec1300
quicklya1325
rada1325
snellc1330
titelyc1330
swithly?1370
hastlya1375
ketlya1375
ketec1380
speedlyc1380
speedfully1398
keenlya1400
skeetlya1400
speedilya1400
swiftc1400
yederlyc1400
apacea1423
rasha1475
runninglyc1475
speedful?c1480
rackly?a1500
rashly1533
stiffly1535
roundly1548
post1549
fleet1587
fleetly1598
speedy1601
raptly1646
fastisha1650
wingedly1651
rapidly1653
rapid1677
velociously1680
express1765
quicklike1782
spankingly1803
spankily1842
fleetingly1883
quick-foot1891
on the quick-foot1894
zippily1924
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > readily or promptly
rifea1275
fastlyc1275
gradelya1300
rada1325
readya1325
wellc1325
readilyc1330
fast1477
with a wet finger1542
forwardly1552
like one o'clock1847
up1870
like a shot1885
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13863 Forð heo gunnen fusen..& fastliche heom to buȝen.
a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Laud) (1999) II. l. 8449 (MED) If thow haue colde and clotheles be, yet may þou somwhile helpe the for to stere and goo fastly [a1475 Lansd. hastily] or som wyse trauaille þy body.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2v Towards this afflicted fancy fastly drew.
c1645 I. Tullie Narr. Siege of Carlisle (1840) 13 Seeing them come fastly to her house.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rope When they begin to..teach him..not to gallop fastly or incompactly.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 84 The sand of life Ebbs fastly to its finish.
1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 207 The life of the child was fastly on the wane.
1931 S. Benson Tobit Transplanted ii. 26 Making bets with all his friends that he could drink more beer more fastly than they could drink.
2016 @BangaliBaba_ 22 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Nov. 2020) This is the best cable network in India and growing fastly!!
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1111 Allace, thi help is fastlie brocht to ground.
a1525 Talis Fyve Bestes l. 246 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 135 He..saw þat It was day Said kirk and worschipe fastly war away.
?a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Buik King Alexander the Conquerour (1986–90) l. 19287 Now is our buike brocht fastlie till ane end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.eOE- blackfeathered
- blackfeet
- blackfellow
- blackfellow's bread
- blackfellow-fashion
- blackfellowfashion
- blackfellows
- blackfigure
- blackfigured
- blackfin
- blackfin tuna
- blackfins
- blackfish
- blackfisher
- blackfishes
- blackfishing
- blackflag
- blackflagged
- blackflagging
- blackflies
- blackfly
- blackfoot
- blackfooted
- blackfooted ferret
- blackframed