▪ I. sooly
obs. f. solely adv.
▪ II. † sooly, a. Obs.—1
? Close, sultry.
Perh. an error for sooltry, but cf. Du. zoel, † soel.
| 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 1071/2 The soolye heat of y⊇ prison, to me is coldnes: the colde wynter to me is a freshe spryng tyme in the Lord. |