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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1616-1650
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Solidly, Sol(e)idlie, adv. [e.m.E. solidly (c1611); Solid adj.] a. In fig. use: Firmly, securely. b. Seriously, earnestly. —a. a1650 Row 332.
Learned men finding Paræus's doctrine to be solidlie founded upon the trueth of God —b. 1616 Aberd. Council Lett. I 135.
Ye mon keip both the dayis and advyse with the reasonis of suspensioun and advocatioun soleidlie with the commissionar 1632 Lithgow Trav. x 475.
The two Iesuits … solidly protested they were sorry from their heart
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