▪ I. † ˈmethely, a. Obs.
[OE. mǽþlic: see methe n. and -ly1.]
Moderate, proper, suitable.
| 958 Will in Thorpe Charters 509 ᵹif hwilc forwyrht man hiowan ᵹesæce, bio se þingad swa hit medlic sio be þæs geltes meðe. a 1035 Cnut's Secular Laws c. 71 (Lieberm.) Beon þa hereᵹeata..swa hit mæðlic si. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Meðeliche eting and drinking aȝen to temien þe lichames orguil. |
b. Of medium stature. (Cf. meetly a.)
| c 1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 98 Meyler was a man..of body, somdel more than methlych, ful stalwarth, wel I-brested. |
▪ II. † ˈmethely, adv. Obs.
[OE. mǽþl{iacu}ce, f. prec.: see -ly2.]
Moderately, temperately; meekly.
| c 1000 ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 236 Humane and humaniter mæðlice oððe mennisclice. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 1758 Ðus meðelike spac ðis em. c 1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 76 His maner was euer-more to hold hym methelyche. |