beinlyadv.
/ˈbiːnli/, U.S. /ˈbinli/, Scottish English /ˈbinlɪ/ Scottish.
Pleasantly, comfortably, cosily.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb]
softOE
at likinga1398
commodiously1420
beinly?a1500
at home1531
in sufficiencec1550
softly1567
snugly1590
easefully1611
comfortably1634
cosily1721
lown1724
snug1766
lownly1788
tosh1808
comfily1917
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 360 in Poems (1981) 18 Hir den..Full beinly stuffit, baith but and ben, Off peis and nuttis, beinis, ry, and quheit.
1572 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 249 Ȝon carle..dois beinly dwell.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 189 Fu' cleanly, an' bienly We lin'd it [sc. our nest] a' wi' down.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.?a1500- stool of ease
- stool of easement
- stool of repentance
- stool pan
- stool rail
- stool shoot
- stool stone
- stool table
- stool-ball
- stool-bearer
- stool-bearing
- stool-bed
- stool-bent
- stool-casting
- stool-crab
- stool-growth
- stool-like
- stool-mail
- stool-pigeon
- stool-pipe
- stool-wagon
- stool-work
- stoolball
- stoolbearer
- stoolbearing