A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Outerly,) Outterly, -lie, adv. [Late Sc. varr. of Utterly (Uterly, Utrely) adv. Doubtless there is no direct connection with ME. outrely (Manning), outerliche, etc., e.m.E. outterly (Wyatt).] Utterly, entirely, absolutely. —1627 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 683/1.
[Sir Robert Gordon undertook that his mother] sall outterlie forbeir … frome recepting of preistis and Jesuits 1689 Conv. Burghs IV. 101.
Wherby we are outterly ruined in our trade
