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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1548, 1610
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Hidlie, Hidelie, adv. [e.m.E. hidlye, M.E. (rare) hidli (1382).] Secretly, covertly. —1548 Acts Lords of Council XXV. 67.
That nane of thame oppynlie nor hidlie gif ony impediment to him 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 158.
Hepburne … , evir … calumniating vthers (albeit hidelie and covertlie for the most pairt)
