trustily, adv.
(ˈtrʌstɪlɪ)
Also 5 trostili, -yly.
[f. trusty a. + -ly2.]
In a trusty manner.
† 1. With trust or confidence; trustfully, confidently, hopefully, boldly. Obs.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 3904 Þan turned þei titli aȝen & trustili gon fiȝt. 1382 Wyclif 1 Sam. xii. 11 He delyuerde ȝow fro the hoond of ȝoure enemyes bi enuyroun; and ȝe han dwellid trustily. c 1450 Lovelich Grail l. 537 Trostily I beleve forsothe That God for my gilte nys not wrothe. 1485 Caxton Chas. Gt. iii. i. vi. 212 He shold come to hym peasybly & trustyly, with a fewe peple. 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 17 To learne how foe to pacifie, But trust him not too trustilie. 1579 J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule Ep. Ded. 4 Faith by the Charitie doth trustily water. |
2. With fidelity or loyalty; faithfully.
| c 1425 Cast. Persev. 635 in Macro Plays 96 Serue hym at honde Bothe nyth & day. Voluptas. Trostyly, lord, redy. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. Pref. 7 All such as behaue not themselues trustilie towards their neighbours. 1639 Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. lvi. §607 [Trustees] who, if they deale trustily.., make inventories. 1823 Scott Quentin D. xii, He would have borne a letter trustily enough. |
† 3. Truly, assuredly, certainly. Obs.
| a 1425 Langland's P. Pl. C. iv. 498 (MS. F.) Trustilich [v.r. tristilich] a teonful text. c 1450 Lovelich Grail liii. 262 For the I schal don More,..Trustylich, Symew, As I the Seye. |