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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Malapertly, -lie, adv. Also: -part-, -pairt-, -peartlie, malepertly, -peirtlie, mallapairtlie, maleapartly. [Late ME. mala- (1447), malepertly, e.m.E. malipertlie (16th c.), mallapertly (1643).] Presumptuously, over-boldly, audaciously; impudently.1558-66 Knox II. 450.
Uzzias … malepeirtlie tuk upoun him to enter [etc.] Ib. VI. 255.
Malepertly 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. ii 1/19. 1615 Crim. Trials III. 357.
Maist forwardlie and malapairtlie 1631 Justiciary Cases I. 188.
Ȝe … maist baldlie and malapeartlie spak to his maiestie 1647 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II. 131.
Audatiouslie and mallapairtly at his own hand 1688 Sinclair Weather Glass 33.
Some … who male-apartly set at nought his philosophical system
