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Quotation dates: 1375, 1543-1590
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Hichtlie, Hightlie, Hychtly, adv. [Var. of Hichly adv. Cf. Heichtly adv.] a. Haughtily. b. Highly, greatly. —a. 1375 Barb. xviii. 508.
He wes wont to spek hychtly … and our dispituslyb. 1549 Corr. M. Lorraine 288.
Ane serwand … wes slane, … of the quhilk my lord wes hychtly commowitt 1573–4 Waus Corr. 86.
Becaus the samin tendis sa hichtlie to my honor c1590 Fowler II. 62/38.
In making the sacraments hightlie be sic figurs decorit, … the pepill micht haue fallin in idolatrie
c. Gravely, importantly. 1543 Arran in Keith Hist. I. App. 347.
For declaratioun of sic thingis as ryndis hichtlie to the commone weale of baith thir realmes
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