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straitly, adv.|ˈstreɪtlɪ|
[f. strait a. + -ly2.]
1. Tightly. Obs. or arch.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 337 He did þam fettre wele, streitly & right hard. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 29 Þof al it be bounden riȝt streitly at þe first tyme ȝitte vnneþe schal þe fretyng be complete in som men by a moneþ. 1483Caxton Golden Leg. 407/3 Thenne eche kyssed other and enbraced straytely. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 255 Let y⊇ Ministers of Gods word learne to be straitlier laced then other men. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. xiv. ii. (1612) 200 Nero..embraced hir more streightly then hee was accustomed. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. 228 The soul may deem her self too straitly girt up. 1752‘Sir H. Beaumont’ Crito 19 If it be a Child of the tenderer Sex, she must be bound yet more streightly about the Waist and Stomach. 1820Scott Monast. xxxi, Even that ruffian hesitated to draw the cord straitly. 1850Neale Med. Hymns 12 Let thy loins be straitly girded.
†2. Urgently. Obs.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5597 Þe croyce on whilk he dieghed for man Sal stratly pray ogayne þe þan. c1440Alphabet of Tales 15 A monke þat hight Hubertus..when he sulde dy,..askid straytlie þat þe abbott myght com vnto hym & assoyle hym.
3. Narrowly; within narrow limits.
c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 674 At aither entre was, i wys, Straytly wroght, a port-culis. a1504Erthe upon Erthe (1911) 28/39 Erth hath closed them ful streytly in his bowre. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §8 (1622) 185 Yet is our capacity so much straitlier limited, that it cannot reach to any of their limits. 1851Carlyle Sterling ii. v, I remember finding him lodged straitly but cheerfully,..in a little cottage on Blackheath. 1877Conder Basis of Faith v. 230 Nature..straitly restrains that latent capacity for variation, so freely evolved under the hand of man.
b. With reference to a siege or the like: Closely, narrowly, strictly.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3811 Þo was he beseged so streytly, Þat he durst come oute on no party. 1474Caxton Chesse iii. ii. (1883) 90 His gardes whiche wacchid and kept straytly thys forteresse. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 205 William the Conquerour, most straightly beleaguered it. 1728Morgan Algiers I. 170 His..Wizir..revolted, and straitly besieged him. 1889Rider Haggard Cleopatra i. iv, And for answer Achillas marched on Cæsar, and besieged him straitly in the Bruchium at Alexandria.
†c. straitly stead: placed in straits, sore beset.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 216 The kyng so stratly stad wes thair, That he wes neuer ȝeit swa stad. c1400Melayne 42 He was full straytly stede. c1440York Myst. xxii. 187 Me thynke þat ȝe ware straytely stedde, Lorde, with þis fende þat nowe is fledde.
†d. to look straitly to: to watch narrowly. Obs.
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5022 He was so straytely loked to. 1568Hacket tr. Thevet's New found World xlii. 66 They dare doe no faulte: for their husbandes doe looke straightly to them [Fr. car les maris les regardent de prés]. a1569A. Kingsmill Man's Est. viii. (1580) 42 If I have sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke unto mee. 1588D. Rogers in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 151 Who of late did his best to escape away, which is the occasion that he is now the streightlier looked unto.
†4. In a niggardly manner. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 34 Auarice..zuo disordene him sseweþ in þri maneres..ine wynnynge boldeliche ine ofhealdinge streytliche ine spendinge scarsliche. 1614in Liber Deposit. Archd. Colcestren. 1612–16 lf. 70 The Testator was kept so barely and so straightly from victualls by his wife, that he was driven vpon necessitie often tymes to begg.
5. Strictly, rigorously, stringently; with strictness of observance. Now only arch. with respect to commands, questions, or obligation.
c1290Beket 163 in S.E. Leg. 111 So streitliche heo fraynede him. a1300Cursor M. 6105 Moyses..straitlike forbed þat þai Suld [etc.]. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 322 Siþ þe contrarie is soþ, to whiche þise ordris ben streytliche sworen. 1461in Jarrow & Wearmouth (Surtees) 245, I John Lawyson, be y⊇ Auctoryte of our holy fadre y⊇ pope,..inhibite straeictly and command..ye priour of yis cathederall church..that [etc.]. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 3. Preamble, Dyvers enquestes..streitly sworne and charged before the seid Justices to enquyre of the premysses. 1586T. Bowes tr. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. xxxix. 390 Amongst the famous..personages of olde time, no vertue was..straightlier kept and observed than Faith and Fidelitie. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. i. 17 (Qo.), I may not suffer you to visite him, The King hath straightlie [Fol. strictly] charged the contrarie. 1611Bible 1 Sam. xiv. 28 Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath. 1676Owen Worship of God 31 Jesus Christ streightly enjoyns His disciples. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. vi. vi, They question him straitly on that Mayor's Order to resist force by force. 1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 785 Bound am I to right the wrong'd, But straitlier bound am I to bide with thee. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage xii. 244 He straitly charged Minucius to follow his policy, and on no account to risk a battle in his absence. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyss. iv. 63 Son of Atreus, why dost thou straitly question me hereof?
†b. With regard to diet or mode of living. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Mary Egypt) 103 [Þai] straytly þe lyfe cane leyde anerly in vatyre & brede. c1470Paston Lett. II. 419 He purposith to lesse his howshold, and to leve the streytlyer. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. iii. (1520) 25 b, They lyved straytlyer than other men dyd.
†c. In close confinement; under strict control.
1375Barbour Bruce xviii. 512 And bad haf him avay in hy, And luk he kepit war stratly. 1535Coverdale 1 Macc. xiii. 49 They in the castell at Ierusalem were kepte so strately, that they coude not come forth. 1579J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 96 If thy daughter be not shamefast, holde hir straitly, least she abuse hir selfe thorow ouermuch libertie. 1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. i. vii. 51 They were presently caried to Castle Lyshin,..and there straightly kept in Irons. 1687Pennsylv. Arch. I. 98 And the said Pirats,..to cause to be streightly imprisoned and kept in safe Custody.
†d. With reference to punishment, judgement, etc.: Rigorously, unsparingly, severely. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxlii. 2 Do noght straytly wiþ me in þi dome. Ibid., Song of Hannah 5 Straytly demand ȝoure ald errours. 1467Coventry Leet Bk. 336 Vppon peyn streitly to be punysshed be þe Meir for the tyme beyng. 1560MS. Cott. Cal. B. 10. lf. 290 The bishops have of late..dealt streightly with some persons of good religion. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. viii. 29 So streightly God doth judge. 1668R. Steele Husbandm. Calling v. (1672) 121 Taking occasion from his straits, to deal straitly with him.
†e. Precisely, exactly. Obs.
a1395Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) 93 Also thise wordes that I write take hem not to streytly but there that the thynkith by gode auysement that I speke to shortly..I praye the amende it. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. xlviii. (1495) 484 Moost streyghtly to speke Ager is a felde that is not conteynyd in certayne mesure of lynes. c1400Beryn 95 For had ye countid streytly, & no thing lefft be-hynde, I myȝte have [etc.].
6. With reference to alliance or union: Closely, intimately. arch. (Very common in 16–17th c.)
c1480Henryson Fables, Sheep & Dog 33 Quhilk wer confidderit straitlie in ane band. 1485Caxton St. Wenefryde 19, I shal the straitlyer be confedered to yow. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 327 The hartes of the tua kingis straitlie knutt agane throuch beneuolent and true luue. 1614Ralegh Hist. World v. i. §4. 333 The Selinuntines were streightly allied to the Syracusians. 1684Contempl. St. Man ii. iv. (1699) 160 By how much a delectable Object is more..straightly united to the Faculty; by so much greater is the Joy and Delight which it produces. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. ix. §17 Weight..a Quality as straitly join'd with that Colour [yellow] as its Fusibility. 1871R. Ellis Catullus xci. 7 Yea tho' mutual use did bind us straitly together. |