† naturelly, adv. Obs.
Also 3 nature(l)liche, 4 naturely.
[f. naturel a. + -ly2, after OF. naturelment.]
1. Naturally; by nature.
| c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 30 Þet wyn þat is naturelliche hot ine him-selue. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. ii. (1868) 152 Euery þing þat may naturely vsen resoun. c 1386 ― Frankl. T. 324 Right so the see desireth naturelly To folwen hire. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. xiv. 107 Euery thyng that werketh naturelly enduceth the fourme of it seluen. 1482 Monk of Evesham 59 Wemen..naturelly schuld be more schamfull thenne other. |
2. Carnally. rare—1.
| 1484 Caxton Fables of æsop vi. iv, Thow arte an inceste & lechour For thow knowest naturelly both thy moder and thy doughter. |