† fixlyadv.
Obsolete.
= fixedly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adverb] > intently, closely
redelya1250
wishly1530
fixly1604
fixedly1605
wistfully1664
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §4. 132 To stare fixly vpon one..commeth from blockishnesse, as in Rustickes.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 186 I know thy constant sight Can fixly gaze against Heau'ns greatest Light.
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adv.1604- to mail it in
- to maintain one's ground
- to maintain one's own
- to maintain the field
- to make a
- to make a baby
- to make a bad job of
- to make a bad landfall
- to make a balk
- to make a balk of good ground
- to make a balls of
- to make a bauchle of
- to make a baulk
- to make a bed
- to make a beeline
- to make a better door than a window
- to make a bid for
- to make a big etc show of
- to make a big great show of
- to make a big show of
- to make a block
- to make a bloomer
- to gain a livelihood
- to gain a march on
- to gain a march upon