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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nakitly, adv. Also: naket-, naked- and -lie. [ME. nakedliche (Ancr. R.), nakyd-, nakidly, e.m.E. nakedly.]
1. a. Openly, plainly, without concealment or reserve. (Nakit a. 9 b). b. By way of mere unconfirmed or unsupported affirmation. (Nakit a. 9 d, e).a1500 Seven S. 684.
Scho prayit him … To heile counsall and nakitly The werite scho suld declaire 1561 Reg. Privy C. I. 173.
In sa fer as is allegit naketlie, that I ressavit … the gudis libellit 1565 Linlithgow Sheriff Ct. 4 Oct.
Albeit it be nakitlie allegit be the procuratour that he is at the raid … it can nocht be of verite 1572 Cal. Sc. P. IV. 467.
[Yet when I write, I disclose myself] nakitly [whereunto I would be] laith [if I had not proof] 1596 Crim. Trials I. ii. 368.
Answerand to the secund allegeance, sayis that it is nocht set doun nakitlie in the dittay 1615 Melrose P. 210.
Wryting sa nakedlie off this purpois
2. Without means of defence, unarmed.1632 Lithgow Trav. 362.
Rash fellowes … who will nakedly hazard themselues in knowne perrils, without ordonance
