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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1595-1610, 1680
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Bonilie, Bonnilie, adv. [f. Bony a.] Prettily. — 1595 Duncan Appendix.
Scitè, eleganter, pretilie, bonnilie 1600-1610 Melvill 437.
Busk him as bonilie as ye can 1680 Spirit of Popery 29.
One of their Ministers preached then, that the work of Reformation went bonnily on
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