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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1558, 1661
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Perfectlie, adv. [e.m.E. perfectlye (1555).] = Perfit(e)ly adv. 1. — 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive (W.S.) 149.
The blyssit spretis … knawis perfectlie the prayer … of men in erth 1661 Acts VII. 14/2.
A man who perfectlie knowes the haill cuntrie of Argyll
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