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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Thikly,) Thickly, adv. [Late ME and e.m.E. thikly (c1400), thicklie (1573-80); Thik adj.] Numerously, in large numbers. —1584 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 452.
Many godly brethren … gladly offered themselves partakers in that work so thickly, comely, and courteously as if he had been best known to them
