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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1623
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Ded(e)ly, Deidly, -lie, adv. [ME. ded(e)ly, dedli, early deadliche, OE. déadlíce.]
1. Implacably; intensely.c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2375.
He hatit this Pirrus dedly ?1438 Alex. i. 2741.
The furriours ar All knyt with him … That dedely haitis vs ilkane 1456 Hay I. 190/1.
Ȝit wate we wele thai hate us dedely —a1605 Montg. Son. xxxviii. 14.
I might haif dred, but deidly not dispairde
2. So as to incur or cause death; mortally, fatally.1456 Hay I. 238/27.
Thai incur the payne of inobeisaunce, and synnis dedely 1490 Irland Mir. I. 88/18.
The men that synnis deidlie and repentis nocht 1513 Doug. vii. viii. 53.
The deir, so dedly woundit 1565 Rep. Southesk MSS. 17.
The said Sir Robert beinge in his bed deidly seik in bodie 1573 Satirical Poems xxxix. 102.
In to dykis by dint it deidly dang thame 1596 Dalr. I. 165/12.
Quhairthrouch deidlie hurt and slane, thay gaue backis 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 30.
Gif anie man being deadlie seik, begins to make disposition of his lands 1623 Peebles Gleanings 17.
The said Hectour … wald not haif faillit to haif slane, at the leist deidlie woundit him
3. In a death-like manner.15.. Clariodus i. 1481.
Scho sounit deidlie, that peitie was to see
