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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1500, 1570-1603
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Benely, Beinly, adv. [f. Bene a.] Pleasantly; comfortably, cosily. c1420 Wynt. v. 1110.
Be the fute a wyff hym gat And benely carpyt efftyre that a1500 Henr. Fab. 192.
Scho passit till hir den … benely stuffit … Of nutis, pes, benes, ry, and quheit 1570 Satirical Poems xxii. 43.
This bailfull bird richt beinly can vpbeild In castellis strang hir noysum nest 1572 Ib. xxxiii. 251.
Ȝon carle … dois beinly dwell, And all prouisioun hes within himsell 1603 Philotus xlv.
Quhair nane may beinlier sit doun, This Citie all within
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