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sucˈcessfully, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] 1. In a successful manner; with success.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 194, I haue bene thy Souldier forty yeares, And led my Countries strength successefully. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §36 In order to move him the more successfully thereto, they procured the Pope to write a Letter himself to his Highness. 1709Addison Tatler No. 24 ⁋2 He is very successfully loud among the Wits. 1826Lamb Pop. Fallacies v, A domestic..cut his throat, but not successfully. 1898‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner i. 8 His..phlegmatic calm successfully concealed the fact. †b. to look successfully: to seem likely to succeed. Obs. rare.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. ii. 165 He is too yong: yet he looks successefully. †2. Successively. Obs.
1651Davenant Gondibert Pref., Brief hints such as, if all the arguments were successfully read, would make him easily remember the mutual dependencies of the general design. |