▪ I. † ˈraply, a. rare.
[Cf. next.]
Hasty, hurried.
| a 1400 Body & Soul (Vernon MS.) 149 To harme was thi raple res. c 1400 St. Alexius (Cotton MS.) 353 She com Forthe with A raply rese. |
▪ II. † ˈraply, adv. Obs.
Also 4 -li, -liche, -lych.
[= MSw. raplika in the same sense, perh. related to rap v.2, but cf. rapely.]
Hastily, hurriedly.
| c 1325 Metr. Hom. 32 This reul thai gert me rapli rede. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 176 Thei rise vp raply [v.r. rapliche]. c 1440 York Myst. xvi. 7 The rakke of þe rede skye full rappely I ridde. |