austerelyadv.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 6404 He com to Rome fulle austerly [a1450 Lamb. hastely]..& held þe empire in dignite.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 256 God shal seie, austernli, ‘Of þi mouþ Y juge þee.’

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. vi. 120 Richt austernly hass he thrawyn the brand.

1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. sig. Nn.iv These walkyng in the streates, hang downe their heades, looke austerely, and in companie sighe muche, and seldome or neuer laughe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 1 If I haue too austerely punish'd you. View more context for this quotation

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi. 132 They..would not have been so districtly and austerely abstemious.

1718 R. Blackmore Coll. Poems Var. Subj. 446 Austerely looking on the Sorcerer's Face, He do's his Wonder-working Pow'r assume.

1743 Independent Whig (new ed.) III. lxvii. 95 A Saracen Saint, who arrived at the Glory of Saintship, not only by living austerely in the Desart, and refusing the Use of Women [etc.].

1799 Sporting Mag. June 164/2 The Reverend as well as corpulent Mr. B—— chanced to pass that way, and knowing Mr. Cunningham, austerely reproached him for breaking the Sabbath.

1820 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 3) I. iii. ix. 390 Alfred at first received them austerely. His manner was afterwards softened.

1865 Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 5/4 The back lanes of Genoa are full of austerely-gorgeous palaces.

1934 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Amer. 19 Fleet Street office replies austerely that if I will wait a minute I shall be Put Through and a good deal of buzzing goes on.

1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile ix. 148 She was regarding him austerely through her harlequin glasses.

1996 She Apr. 32/1 His parents lived austerely, denying themselves to support Gerry's academic brother through university.