† ˈpassantly, adv. Obs.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
a. Exceedingly, very greatly. b. Cursorily, passingly, in passing.
| c 1440 Gesta Rom. xxvi. 98 (Harl. MS.) This knyght lovid passantly þe grehounde, with the faucon. 1600 W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 330 As before hath beene passantly touched here and there. |