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† yeply, adv. Obs.
[OE. ᵹéaplíce: see yepe a. and -ly2.]
1. Cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously.
a900Kent. Gl. xxi, Procaciter, ᵹeaplice. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 80 Þa betealde he [sc. Herod] hine swiðe ᵹeaplice, swa swa he wæs snotorwyrde. c1055Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 313 Hiᵹ eac tosceadað þæt stæfᵹefeᵹ on þrym wisan ᵹeaplice swyðe.
2. Quickly, briskly; promptly, without delay.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1981 Fele þryuande þonkkez he þrat hom to haue, & þay ȝelden hym aȝayn ȝeply þat ilk. c1350Will. Palerne 3346 [He] ȝerne opened þe ȝates & ȝepli out rides. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xvii. 328 Then he ȝerneþ in-to þouht and ȝepliche he secheþ Pruyde. c1400Destr. Troy 6081 For to ȝarke vp the ȝate, he ȝepely comaund. c1430Pistill of Susan 118 (Cott. MS.) Thus þe ȝonge ȝepply ȝede in here ȝerde. |