hardily, adv.
(ˈhɑːdɪlɪ)
[f. hardy a. + -ly2.]
In a hardy manner.
1. Boldly; courageously, with hardihood.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 676 Hald hardiliche [v.r. herdeliche] on þæt tu hauest bigunnen. a 1300 Cursor M. 12953 Herdili [Gött. hardli] he yode him nerr. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 2966 Now..fiȝt þai agin ardiliche. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xxvi. (1869) 85 Go, quod she, hardiliche, with oute dredinge rude entendement. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. viii. 72 Nochttheles he sparet nocht to speik hardilier. 1600 Holland Livy 461 (R.) At the first the Gaules and Spanyards..mainteined the conflict right hardily. 1799 Bp. Horsley Speech July (R.), Confidently and hardily I make the assertion, and I challenge confutation. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 313 They could foretell hardily, because they could not yet be convicted of untruth. |
† 2. Robustly; not tenderly. Obs. rare.
| 1674 N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. iv. (1686) 41 Horses that run abroad all Winter, which however hardily bred, and kept [etc.]. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. iii. 29 She loves to use herself hardily. 1793 Beddoes Catarrh 167 Among those hardily brought up. |
† 3. Parenthetically. = It may be boldly said; freely, certainly, assuredly, by all means. In later use changed through hardely to hardly. Obs.
| c 1300 Cursor M. 23767 (Edin.) Hardilik [v.r. hardeli] es he cuard, þat nankin part mai pol of hard. c 1386 Chaucer Merch. T. 68 Alle othere manere giftes, hardily [so 4 MSS.; 2 hardely]..alle been giftes of Fortune. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1934 Þou hardly no hede of þi hele toke..When þou entrid our Ile. c 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iv. 1348 There lyue noon better at this day, hardyly. a 1529 Skelton P. Sparowe 270 No, no, syr, hardely. a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. ii. (Arb.) 19 Yea now hardly lette me alone. 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 4 Bee he Preacher, Lawier, yea, or Cooke either hardely. 1600 Holland Livy xxiv. viii, Elect him Consull hardly, and good leave have you. |