▪ I. † ˈwarly, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 5 werly, Sc. werely, 5–7 war(re)ly, 6 warely, warlye, Sc. werelie, weirlie, -ly, weyrly, 6–7 warlie.
[f. war n.1 + -ly1 and -ly2.]
A. adj.
1. Skilled in war, martial; fond of war, bellicose; valiant. = warlike a. 1.
| 1423 Jas. I. Kingis Q. clv, The werely porpapyne. c 1475 Partenay 1362 The petyuins tham bare As warly men fre;..Assautes tha[y] gafe dyuers And sondry. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vii. (1533) 77 b/1 Y⊇ arche bisshop of yorke..with great nombre of men and fewe warly or discrete cheuetaynes, yode agayne y⊇ Scottes. 1513 More Rich. III Wks. (1557) 37/1 Richard the thirde sonne..was..hard fauoured of visage, and suche as is in states called warlye [L. quale bellicosum in purpuratis, ac Martium appellari], in other menne otherwise. 1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 585 If a yoong prince..be warlie, he will hazard his subjects, his estate, and his person, to make triall of his valure. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 86 Thay war a people baith ciuile and weirlie. 1605 Verstegan Dec. Intell. v. (1628) 122 The lacke of Warrely courage in the Britaines. |
b. Of actions, things: Martial. = warlike a. 1 b, c.
| 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot., Proheme Cosmogr. 262 Of feirs Achill, the weirlie dedis sprang In Troy and Grece, quhill he in vertew rang. 1599 A. Hume Hymns vii. 57 Poems (S.T.S.) 54 Mak shouting shalms and persing phiphers shill,..Cause mightily the weirly notis breik. |
2. Equipped or munitioned for war. Of a horse: Equipped and trained for war. = warlike a. 2.
| c 1470 Golagros & Gaw. 493 Yone is the warliest wane, said the wise king, That euer I vist in my walk. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vii. (1533) 123/2 The sayde sowdiours came vnto a castell..& wan it by strength, & after vytayled & manned it in moste warly wyse. 1591 Harington Orl. Fur. xxxiii. lxxxv, This said, he mounted on the steed so warly. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 104 Could the Warlie Horse speake, as he can runne and fight, he would tell them, they are hoat Knightes. |
3. Of or pertaining to war. = war-like a. 3.
| 1457 in R. R. Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1895) III. 382 Ships..in their most defensible and warrely araye. ? c 1507 C. Brandon [etc.] Justes May & June, Justes June 233 in Hazl. E.P.P. II. 129 This weerly vsage and martes entrepryse These monthes twayne yonge folke dyd exercyse. 1533 Bellenden Livy i. i. (S.T.S.) I. 13 King latyne of laurence assemblit þe auld Inhabitantis of his realme..in þare maist werelie ordinance. Ibid. i. iv. I. 32. 1544 Betham Precepts War i. cix. F v, They being practysed in warly knowledge can discerne what is profytable. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. V, 45 b, Kyng Henry..determined..to set forward in performyng his intended purpose and warrely enterprise. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 1000/2 The Bernates..renounced the league made before with the French king, refusing..his warly stipend, whereby they were bound at his call to fede hys warres. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. (1677) 161 The Manufacture, during those Warly times, held its course in France, the Netherlands, and the Hans Towns. |
4. Belonging to a warrior. = warlike a. 4.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 277 The king of Pechtis, in his weirlie weid, With his power come and met corbreid. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 107 His wingis ar thy weirlie weid [v.r. weerely weed], His pennis ar thy strang defence. 1609 Bible (Douay) 1 Macc. iii. 3 And he..girded about him his warlie armour in battels. |
B. adv. In a warlike manner.
| c 1400 Rowland & O. 813 Kyng askuardyn in his gere Rydis owte a course of were, Full werly and with ill will. c 1475 Partenay 1741 Then thes brethren, ech by thaim⁓self, tho, So ful werrely wrought, can noght be said, lo! 1592 W. Wyrley Armorie, Capitall de Buz xxiv, And goodly armd beside Him stands the Duke of Orleance warly dight. |
▪ II. warly, -lyche
see warely a. and adv. Obs.