outerly, adv. (a.) Now rare.
(ˈaʊtəlɪ)
Forms: 4– outer-, (4–5 outir-, outre-, owter-, owtre-, 5 outtur-, 5–6 outter-); 4–5 -liche, -li, 5–7 -ly.
[Another form of utterly, conformed to out, outer.
It is remarkable that this was very frequent in 14–15th c., when outer itself was rare.]
† 1. In an utter or extreme degree; entirely, absolutely; in an unqualified manner. = utterly adv. outerly not, not at all, in nowise. Obs.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11520 Þan telly þe outrely schent. c 1360 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 530/131 Schewe not þin herte outerliche To þi seruaunt. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 437 Crist is in ilche mannes soule þat loveþ hym owterliche. c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶160 The othere goode werkes..been outrely [v. rr. outerly, vtterly] deede as to the lyf perdurable in heuene. 1388 Wyclif Deut. xv. 4 And outerli [L. omnino] a nedi man and begger schal not be among ȝou. 1429 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 349/1 Ye weiȝt which is clepid aunselle shal outirli be putt awei. a 1541 Wyatt Ps. li. Poems (1810) 394/1 And seeth hymself not outterly depryued From lygth of grace. |
2. In an outward direction; towards the outside. Now dial.
| 1681 Grew Museum i. 27 In the lower Jaw, two Tusks,..like those of a Boar, standing outerly, an inch behind the Cutters. |
B. adj. Of a wind: Blowing from an outward direction: cf. westerly. Now dial.
| a 1642 Sir W. Monson Naval Tracts ii. (1704) 260/1 Open Bays, subject to..outerly Winds. 1896 Crockett Grey Man 299 (E.D.D.) An outerly wind might drive him to the coast of Ireland. |