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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Natural(l)y, -ie, adv. Also: -ye, -é, natralie. [ME. (Lydgate) and e.m.E.; also ME. (c 1250) naturelliche, ME. and e.m.E. naturelly.]
1. In accordance with the natural or normal order of things; by the operation of natural principles; by the working of nature.In senses 1 and 2 of Natural(l a.c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1737.
It kendillit fyre naturaly c1420 Wynt. viii. Prol. 4.
Naturally … Mater walde furme haf wyth delyte 1456 Hay II. 138/21.
Othir wateris ar naturaly engendered under erde 1490 Irland Mir. I. 66/14.
In that state had bene generacioune of men and women naturaly as now c1500-c1512 Dunb. x. 42.
Now spring vp flouris fra the rute, Reuert ȝow vpwart naturaly 1528 Lynd. Dreme 401. 1533 Boece xii. vii. 468.
At my birth I procedit nocht naturale fra my moderis wame c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5136.
Thocht sum de naturally throuch aige 1573 Reg. Privy S. VI. 376, 1574–5 Ib. VII. 4/2. c1575 Balfour Pract. 294.
Scho havand ane husband ȝit naturallie livand 1579 Atholl Mun. I. No. 90.
The Erll of Athoill nather gat wrang nor deit naturallie, and that it wes poyson cum be the mouth 1587 Carmichael Etym. 34.
Thermae, bathes of water naturalie het
2. Of persons or animals. a. By innate or constitutional propensity or disposition, instinctively. b. By birth or heredity, constitutionally.1456 Hay I. 140/2.
Be all naturale equitee … he is naturaly oblist till him in the lyke courtasy Ib. 200/5.
For we se naturaly all kynde of beste or foule that is formyt be nature, that naturaly thai defende thame self at thair power and strenth Ib. 78/17. Ib. II. 69/5. a1500 Bk. Chess 196.
Euery man desyris naturally To leir & knaw & heir of novelte 1533 Boece i. vi. 47.
Thai naturale luf oure barnys, thare nevois Ib. iii. i. 90 b.
Be resoun of vehement cauld in oure cuntre, the wolf naturalie is felloun cruell Ib. iv. xvi. 151 b. a1538 Abell 117 a.
For ane king natralie hes desire to reull and nocht be rewlit a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 130/8.
Quha naturally vald haue abhorrit to … eat the body of ane man 1562-3 Winȝet I. 133/12.
Sua that naturalie without the heit of cheritie it[sc. learning] makis men bowldin and heicht 1573 Davidson Sat. P. xlii. 647.
And as the body naturallie … Maun haue refreschement 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 72/2.
Quhat peccant humouris his patient naturallie is maist subiect unto 1622-6 Bisset II. 83/17.
He that is naturallie deif or dum 1654 Baillie III. 248.
The naturally headie men of Aberdeen
c. ? By native endowment as opposed to acquired knowledge or skill; readily, spontaneously.1528 Lynd. Dreme 495.
Cunnyng clerkis dois naturallye indyte, How that he dois compleit his cours … In space of sewin and thretty thousand ȝeir c1600-1633 Johnston in Mill Mediæv. Plays 203 n.
Ȝoung bairnesrep … resenting Peax, Plentie, Polacie … quhair euerie ane schew thair selffes and naturallie in Latyne
3. Of things: By inherent character, nature or quality; inherently.1456 Hay I. 102/28.
All thing is enclynyt to … conserve his lang lesting and enduring naturaly a1578 Pitsc. (1814) xiii.
That iland naturallie is stormie
4. ? In accordance with general or common sense principles: cf. Natural(l a. 8.a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 142/30.
In ane general counsal … quhare naturally and sufficientlye disput the heresy of Ecolampadius
5. Hereditarily, (descending) by heredity.1561 Crim. Trials I. i. 415.
And … [he] is subdewit to ane malancolious hvmour, naturallie descendand from his progenitouris 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table, ii. 81.
Heretage perteining to ane man, quha is deceased, naturallie descends
6. ? Put for: Natural(l a. 5 c.1682 Kingarth Par. Rec. 137.
The Session considering that he is but a half-witted man and not throw naturaly
