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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Quietlik, adj. or adv. (?= Quietly adv. 2 (see Like adj. E note) or f. Quiet adj. 1 a, b (see Like adj. E 2) = quiet or peaceful seeming, as if quiet or peaceful.) — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 577.
All his four men bar thaim quietlik [1570 quyetlie], Na Sotheron couth deme thaim mys, pur no rik
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