† ˈtristly, adv. Obs.
[f. trist a.1 + -ly2.]
Confidently; securely; boldly: = trustly adv. 1.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 513 Þat þou mihte trystli trye þe treweste lawe. a 1400–50 Alexander 1632 He me thrett to be tra [= thra, thro], & for no thyng turne, Bot tyre me titely þarto & tristly to wend. 1408 Clifton tr. Vegetius De re militari (MS. Digby 233) lf. 183 b/2 No man dredeþ to fulfille in dede þat he tristly troweþ he hath wel lerned. |