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▪ I. † greatly, a. Obs.
[f. great a. + -ly1. Cf. MHG. grôzlîch, MDu. grotelijc.]
Great.
c1450Merlin 65 Gretly was the kynge at that feeste, and ioyfull and mery. 1450–70Golagros & Gaw. 377 Thai war courtes and couth thair knyghthed to kyth, Athir vthir wele gret in gretly degre.
▪ II. greatly, adv.|ˈgreɪtlɪ|
Forms: see great a.
[f. great a. + -ly2. Cf. MHG. grôz(e)lîche, MDu. grotelike, Du. grootelijks.]
1. To a great extent, in a great degree; extensively, exceedingly; highly; much, very.
a. qualifying verbs and pples.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 He sinegeð gretliche, for þe holie boc hit forbet. a1225Ancr. R. 426 And þe ancre legge on eiðer sum penitence more upon þe ilke þet gret⁓luker haueð agult. c1330Arth. & Merl. 1137 So gretliche sche awondred was, Þat hir chaunged blod & fas. 1340Ayenb. 47 Ne weneþ naȝt gratliche zeneȝy. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋2736, I can nat seen that it mighte greetly harme me, though I toke vengeaunce. a1400–50Alexander 472 Þou has giltid, but noȝt gretly. 1484Caxton æsop iii. ii, I thanke the gretely. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. ccxvii. [ccxiii.] 671 That he had many of his men slayne, and that the batayle had cost hym greatly. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 20 He..greatly shunned manly exercise. 1596Drayton Leg. iv. 660 He that first stirr'd in the Churches cause, Against Him greatliest that oppugned it. 1604Shakes. Oth. iii. i. 18 To heare Musicke, the Generall do's not greatly care. 1665Evelyn Mem. (1827) IV. 146 Such as have lived long in Universities do greately affect words and Expressions no where in use beside. 1742Young Nt. Th. viii. 785 They, first, Themselves offend, who greatly please. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 221 The bark is greatly esteemed among the tanners. 1849E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 287 Gigantic shrubs, greatly resembling our English yew. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 55, I should greatly prefer a real friend to all the gold of Darius. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. ii. §10. 66 Evaporation is greatly helped by wind.
b. qualifying adjs. and advs. Somewhat arch. exc. with comparatives or words implying comparison.
a1300Cursor M. 11634 Sco was gretli in dute. c1350Will. Palerne 1292 Þan was þemperour greteli glad. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 548/1 To the ende that euery man may..be greatlyer afraide. 1636Chardin Coron. Solyman (1686) 16 His long Experience in Affairs rendered him greatly considerable. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 12 Lead-sheathing greatly cheaper than that of Wood. 1749Lady Luxborough Let. to Shenstone 28 Dec., I..think it an ornament greatly in taste. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 70, I shall show that it is greatly probable. 1817A. Bonar Serm. II. xv. 318 All the names of excellence..are greatly too mean to declare the Saviour's worth. 1824Landor Wks. (1846) I. 183/2 Here the bow is greatly a better weapon than the musket. a1856H. Miller Test. Rocks i. (1857) 66 The skate and dog fish are greatly less rare. 1873Ruskin Fors Clav. xxx. (1896) II. 131 Her mother and brother were greatly proud of her. 1886R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 12 Careless and lazy is he, Greatly inferior to Me.
2. On a large scale; in large numbers; largely. ? Obs.
1670R. Coke Disc. Trade 51 Any business which is more freely managed may be greatlier managed than if it were more restrained. 1792Burke Corr. (1844) III. 420 The funeral of dear Sir Joshua. It will be greatly attended.
b. For a great or the most part; mainly, chiefly. rare.
1742Young Nt. Th. i. 112 They greatly live a life on earth Unkindled, unconceiv'd. 1865Grote Plato I. v. 178 We now enter upon the second or dialectic period; passed by Plato greatly at Megara.
†3. With a ‘great’ voice; loudly. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 156 He [þe asse] beginþ zinge grat-liche.
4. In a great manner.
a. Magnanimously, nobly; grandly.
†b. Eminently, illustriously.
c. With brilliant success. Obs.
a1400Prymer (1891) 44 Oure lord gretly dyde with us. We been maad ioyful. 14..Death & Life 3 in Furniv. Percy Folio III. 56 Give vs grace on the ground the greatlye to serve, For that royall red blood that rann from thy side. 1435Misyn Fire of Love i. xiv. 30 Hermetis lyffe þerfore is grett, if it gretely be done. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, Epil. 5 Small time: but in that small, most greatly liued This Starre of England. 1670Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada v. ii, It is for you, brave man..Greatly to speak, and yet more greatly do. 1678― Limberham v. i, My Comfort is, I fell greatly. 1713Addison Cato iv. iv, The brave youth..Who greatly in his country's cause expired. 1713Pope Prol. Addison's Cato 22 A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. 1725― Odyss. ii. 312 What he greatly thought, he nobly dar'd. 1764Foote Patron iii. Wks. 1799 I. 357 If your piece had been greatly receiv'd, I would have declared Sir Thomas Lofty the author; if coldly, I would have owned it myself. 1784Cowper Task vi. 820 All were once Perfect, and all must be at length restored. So God has greatly purpos'd. 1876Ouida Winter City viii. 238 It was a great theme greatly treated.
5. In or to a high rank or position. rare.
a1800T. Bellamy Beggar Boy (1801) II. 142, I am not greatly born, like you. 1815Jane Austen Emma i. viii. 53 You encourage her to expect to marry greatly. 1830Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 293 It matters not..how many ensigns shall have greatly risen through all the gradations of command. |