▪ I. † ˈtristily, adv.1 Obs.
Forms: see tristy a.1
[f. tristy a.1 + -ly2.]
1. Trustfully, confidently, boldly; securely: = trustily 1.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 42 Goo þei [friars] tristiliche for almes, and hem nediþ not to be a-schamyd. 1382 ― Acts ix. 27 Barnabas..telde..how in Damask he [Paul] dide tristily in the name of Jhesu. 1388 ― Prov. iii. 23 Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie, and thi foot schal not snapere. c 1410 Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1907) 149 The euerelastynge lyf in heuene, that thei tristily hopen to haue by his gracious byheste. |
2. Faithfully, truly: = trustily 2.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4864 Þer to han hated, & fomen ben, Þat syþen han loued to-gedre wel, Tristiloker þan ony stel. 1380 Lay Folks Catech. 1181 Þis is nedful to alle þat tristyly lyuys. a 1400 Pistill of Susan 340 (Cotton MS.) Telle me tristili [other MSS. treuwely, trewly, trwly], er þow þy lyfe tyne. c 1400 Destr. Troy 8739 A tabernacle triet & tristyly wroght. |
3. Certainly, surely: = trustily 3.
| ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 1166 (Glasgow MS.) If she hadde an enemy, I trowe that she coude tristely [v.r. craftily] Make hym fulle soone hir frend to be. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 498 He þat secheþ sapience fynde he shal þat folueþ Tristilich a teneful tixt. |
▪ II. † ˈtristily, adv.2 Obs. rare.
In 5 trystily.
[f. tristy a.2 + -ly2.]
Sadly, sorrowfully.
| c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4408 Elfride lay wakand all'ane, He thoght trystily and made his mane. |