† ˈrapely, adv. Obs.
Also 3 -like, 4 -liche.
[a. ON. hrapaliga hurriedly, f. hrapa rape v.1]
Hastily, in haste, quickly. (Cf. raply adv.)
| c 1220 Bestiary 240 Ðe mire..renneð rapelike. a 1352 Minot Poems vi. 67 Gold..made him rapely ride. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xvi. 273 With that sawe I an other Rapelich renne forth. c 1400 Gamelyn 420 Adam took Gamelyn, And ladde him into spence rapely and anon. |