† ˈplenarly, -erly, adv. Obs.
[f. plenar, plener + -ly2.]
1. In full assembly, in full number.
| c 1290 Beket 1502 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 149 Þo þe chapitle plenere was, þudere þe king sende to þe Abbotus alle plenereliche. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 21 Nought only upon ten ne twelve Bot plenerliche upon ous alle. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 485 In the whiche counsayll it was plenerly determyned that the kynge myght nat gyue ouer the sayd souerayntie without great peryll of his soule. |
2. Fully, completely, entirely, perfectly.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11712 He solde hys gode plenerlye. c 1325 Chron. Eng. 734 (Ritson) So hy dude treweliche Thre yer plenerelyche. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) v. 42 Of his ryalle estate & of his myghte I schalle speke more plenerly, whan I schalle speke of the lond & of the contree of Ynde. 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 6 Whan Lucina plenarly did shyne. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 1346/2 To assoyle them plenarely [so edd. 1576–83; ed. 1596 plenarilie] from all their sinnes. |