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▪ I. gainly, a.|ˈgeɪnlɪ|
Forms: 4 gaynlych, gaynly, 9 (Sc. ganelie) gainly.
[f. gain a. + -ly1.]
1. Proper, suitable, becoming. Obs. exc. Sc. dial.
13..Sir Beues (A.) 3103 Þe mesager spak a gainli word before þemperur is bord. 1825–80Jamieson, Ganelie, proper, becoming, decent. Loth.
†2. Ready to help, kindly, gracious. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 728 Þat nas neuer þyn note..Þat art so gaynly a god & of goste mylde!
3. a. Of conduct: Graceful, tactful. b. Of bodily form, attitude, or movement: The reverse of ungainly; graceful, shapely.
1855Mayhew Wond. Sc. xiv. (1862) 317 The curls..had now been displaced, and the hair twisted into the more womanly, but less gainly, protuberance at the back. 1871Hamilton in Bp. Hall's Medit. Life 24 By his prudent and gainly conduct he reclaimed all the refractory. 1886C. Gibbon Clare of Claresmede II. i. 8 She remembered a tall, gainly youth, with dark hair and eyes.
Hence ˈgainliness.
1886C. Gibbon Clare of Claresmede II. xii. 195 There was as little goodness in his spirit as there was gainliness in his appearance. 1894Du Maurier Trilby iii. 142 The symmetry and the gainliness of the athlete.
▪ II. gainly, adv. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈgeɪnlɪ|
Forms: 3 Orm. geȝȝnlike, 4 gayne(e-, gein-, geynliche, -ly, 7 gainely, 7, 9 gainly.
[f. gain a. + -ly2.]
1. Suitably, fitly, conveniently, readily.
c1200Ormin 18084 Þatt wass inoh geȝȝnlike don & all wiþþ Godess wille. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 476 He glent vpon syr Gawen, & gaynly he sayde. c1350Will. Palerne 744 Whan he geinliche was greiþed he gript his mantel. 1600Holland Livy i. xxxiv. (1609) 25 An eagle set it [his bonnet] gainly and handsomely on his head againe [L. capiti apte reponit]. 1601― Pliny II. 13 Conuenient allies betweene to giue..passage for men to come and goe gainely. 1876Whitby Gloss., Gainly, adv. eligibly situated. 1882W. Worc. Gloss., Gainly, quickly, handily.
†2. Thoroughly, completely; very (with adjs.).
c1350Will. Palerne 636, I schal þurth craft þat ich kan keuer ȝou, I hope, Mow I geten a grece þat I gaynli knowe. Ibid. 3353 Þer-of þe king was geynli glad and graunted his wille. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. App. xxxv, A while this Universe here we will feign Corporeall, till we have gainly tride, If ought that's bodily may infinite abide. |