massily, adv.
(ˈmæsɪlɪ)
Also 5 masly, 5–6 massely, 6 -alie.
[f. massy + -ly2.]
Massively.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 3923 Troilus þe tru was..Full massely made, & of mayn strenght. Ibid. 3975 Ecuba, the onest & onerable qwene, Was..Massily made as a man lyke. c 1420 Avow. Arth. iii, He [the boar] is masly made. 1513 Douglas æneis x. xiii. 38 The tother..Abydis stowtly, fermyt in his fors, And massely [v. r. (1710) massalie] vpstude with bustuus cors. a 1668 Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 86 Let our houses be never so strongly and massily built, if..we lean upon them, they shall not stand. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros vii. 75 Benches of green jasper massily built and laden with velvet cushions. |