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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1456-1490, 1551-1598
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Expres(se)ly, -lie, adv. [ME. expresly (Wyclif), expressely, f. Expres,a.] In express terms; definitely. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii. 1111.
That thai … the priwete mare opynly Wald expone thaim & expresly 1456 Hay I. 209/30.
Specialy and expressely all the lawis civle sais that [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I. 98/1.
God reuelit expreslie the halines of this lady 1551 Hamilton Catechism 41.
Ye … suld expresly beleif al the artickels of your crede 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 228.
In thair seill of caus it is expresly provydet … that [etc.]
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