† ˈradly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 hræd-, rædlice, 2 radlice, 4 radli, 4–5 radeliche, 5 radely, 4–6 radly, 6–7 radlie, -lye.
[f. rad a.1 + -ly2.]
Quickly, promptly, without delay, soon.
| Beowulf 356 (Z.) [He] hwearf þa hrædlice þær Hroðgar sæt. c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. x, Mine sælða..nane sælða ne sint, forðam hi swa rædlice ᵹewitaþ. Ibid. xli. §5 Þæt ðu mæᵹe hrædlicost cumon..to þinre aᵹenre cyððe. c 1131 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1127 Swa radlice swa he þær com [etc.]. c 1205 Lay. 25603 Þes drake and beore..radliche sone to-gadere heo come. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 797 He ros yp ful radly & ran hem to mete. c 1400 Destr. Troy 6904 Radli on þe right syde Rakit he furth. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 126 (Halliw.) That blessud virgyn..badde hym arys radeliche and blyve. c 1477 Caxton Jason 104 Therwith was the boote seen approchyng moche radely the Ryuage. 1515 Scot. Field 417 in Chetham Misc. (1856) II, Every ryncke to his reste full radlie him dressed. a 1600 Floddan F. vii. (1664) 60 Who radly by the ranks did ride. |