soothfastlyadv.
Now archaic.
In a soothfast manner; truthfully, truly, veritably, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]
mid or with (‥) soothc888
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soothfastc950
rightOE
yeaOE
soothlyOE
soothOE
trulyc1225
soothrightc1275
purec1300
verament1303
verily1303
purelyc1325
verimentc1325
indeedc1330
veirec1330
soothfully1340
faithlyc1350
of very (due) right?a1366
leallya1375
amenc1384
in soothnessc1386
verya1387
in certaina1400
truea1400
without(en) wougha1400
in veirec1400
in deedc1405
without famec1430
in veramentc1450
utterlyc1460
veritably1481
veritable1490
voirably1501
seriously1644
quite1736
quite1881
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb]
without(en, but leasec888
soothfastlya890
soothfasta1300
aefauldly1472
truthly1490
gospelly1596
sincerely1597
honest1654
sacredly1706
rightly1786
veraciously1807
truthfully1828
veridically1832
unfallaciously1852
honest-like1899
salva veritate1930
a890 Charter in Old Eng. Texts 452 Ic..wille þæt hio sion soðfestliche..getrymed me & minum erfeweardum.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2995 Forr uss birrþ unnderrstanndenn wel & soþfasstlike trowwenn. Þatt [etc.].
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter x. 6 He anly demes sothfastly of þaire consciens.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9746 I sal on me..O thral tak clething sothfastli.
a1400 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. lxviii He that is perfytly and sothfastly meke.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 24 The exposicioun of the visioun was suthefastly approuit.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1397 Suthfastly I will Ȝour ordynans in euery thing fulfyll.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 423 Whiles soothfastly they do confess Christ to be the saviour.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 217 But, if I were to come, wad ye really and soothfastly pay me the siller?
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