A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Perfetlie, -feitly, -fatlie, adv. [Perfet a.] Perfectly, thoroughly. = Perfit(e)ly adv. 1. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet III. 343/18.
The waik in the faith quhilk vndirstandis nocht yit the liberte of Christ perfeitly anewtht 1535 Stewart 39402. 1541 Stirlings of Keir 370.
Als be truing out of the veritie perfetlie knawis the vthir wourdis … war fals and vntrew 1573 Riddell Tracts 190.
He the tyme of the said last allegit meriage perfatlie knew the said former impediment
