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† ˈhastely, hastly, adv. Obs. Forms: 3–4 hastelich(e, -lyche, 4 -lik (superl. -lokest), 4–5 -li, 4–6 -ly, -lie, 5–6 Sc. (and Coverd.) haistely, 5–7 Sc. -lie, 6 Sc. hestely; also 4–6 hastly, 6 Sc. haistlie. [f. haste n. + -ly2; perhaps, in its origin, a variant of hastily, the e at length becoming mute.] 1. = hastily 1.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 3/71 He liet him cristni hasteliche. a1300Cursor M. 15224 Sua hasteli als he might. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xix. 466 The lawe wil I take it, þere I may hastlokest it haue. 1380Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 1373 Accidy þat is slownesse Whan a man schuld do a good dede hastly. a1400–50Alexander 3784 As hastely as he it herd, his ostis he flittis. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 113 Twa cant knaifis of his awin haistelie he bad. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xx. 451 He called hastly the duke naymes. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxii. 59 Gif I mend nocht hestely. 1535Coverdale Ps. liv. [lv.] 15 Let death come hastely vpon them. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 268 Haistlie..to the west cuntrie to the Quene he past. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 102 Als haistelie as he may. 2. = hastily 2.
1552Huloet, Hastely or rashelye, præcipitanter. |