▪ I. † ˈredily, adv. Obs.
Forms: 4 redilie, -lyche, 4–5 redyly, redili(che, 5 -lich, (? rydilich), 4–6 redily. compar. 4 redilokar, redylyer.
[f. redy a. + -ly2; but in many cases app. written for redely.]
a. Wisely, discreetly, prudently. b. Precisely, certainly, assuredly.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6297 Als i sal tel yow redili For-þer mar in þis stori. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 105 If any man wille witen, & se of hir storie, At Westmynster written er þei redilie. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 153 Bote Rediliche [v.r. redelyche] Reson þou Rydest not heonnes. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 47 Ȝe helde forþ ȝoure purpose rediliche [v.r. redyly, L. caute] inow. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxvii. (1859) 31 Ther nys no pylgrym that goth so redyly but that oftymes he mote foruoyen. c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. xx. 129 The first premisse is redili trewe. |
▪ II. redily
obs. form of readily adv.