† ˈtrustly, adv. Obs.
[f. trust a. + -ly2.]
1. = trustily 1.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 On swilch liflode we muȝen trustliche abiden ure louerd ihesu cristes tocume. c 1220 Bestiary 634 in O.E. Misc. 20 A tre he [the elephant] sekeð..and leneð him trostlike ðer-bi. 1382 Wyclif Isa. xiv. 30 And pore men trostly [Vulg. fiducialiter] shul resten. a 1400 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) i. xliv, Aske only salvacion bi vertue of this precious passion mekely and trustly, and wythoute dowte thou shal haue it. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 503/1 Trostly, or sekyrly, confidenter. |
2. Certainly, surely; = trustily 3.
| c 1320 R. Brunne Medit. 1107 Beeþ of gode cumfort, for trustly y say, We shullen hym se. 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 14831 And trustly..I am hys douhter. |