† conˈgruely, -ˈgruly, adv. Obs.
[f. congrue a. + -ly2.]
Congruously, fittingly; with congruity.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. A.) 8 He muste studie..in gramer þat he speke congruliche. c 1440 Gesta Rom. lix. 244 (Harl. MS.) And that crist may congruli be callid a serpent, is a goode Resoun. 1548 Hall Chron. (1809) 87 The Kyng to hym..shal satisfie and of other houses and edifices or places congruely shal recompence. |