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Quotation dates: 1513
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Joy(o)usly, -lie, adv. [Late ME. ioyously (1474).] Joyously, joyfully, gladsomely. — 1513 Doug. v. x. 58.
Eftyr thai had all cirkillyt in a ryng … And joyusly behaldyn all the rowt 1513 Ib. vi. x. 69.
In loving of the goddis joyusly Ympnys … All syngand glaid togydder
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