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longly, adv.|ˈlɒŋlɪ|
Also 5 langly, 6–7 longely.
[f. long a. + -ly2.]
†1. For a long while. = long adv. 1. Obs.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3188 Þe mast veniel syns sal þar bryn langly, Als wodde brinnes, þat es sadde and hevy. a1400Ipomedon (ed. Kölbing) 327/8 And whan they departed, eithre loked on othre so longly, that they left not, whilles oon might see that othre. 14..Life Alexander MS. Linc. A. i. 17 lf. 1 (Halliw.) He knelid doune on his kneesse, and bihelde Alexander in the vesage langly. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) v. vii. 415 A man may desyre for to lyue longely for too amende his lyfe. 1506Kalender of Sheph. F vij b, Father & mother thou shalt honour, end shalt lyue longely. 1581Dee Diary (Camden) 11 Somewhat like the shrich of an owle but more longly drawn. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 170 Master, you look'd so longly on the maide, Perhaps you mark'd not what's the pith of all. 1605Sir E. Watson in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 238, I pray you..deliver it to..the Earl of Exceter with speed, for he longely looketh for it.
2. At considerable length: said of speech or writing. Now Sc.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 222 To say longly or schorte, alle armes bare. 1553Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. I. 140 Lyk as the said artikill mair langlie proportis. 1850Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 121 Don't mind length, at least only write longly about yourself.
3. To a considerable length (in space). rare.
1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 54 The bottom of the Sea, hath the Sand Quellem longly and largely laying open. 1871Cooke Handbk. Brit. Fungi II. 761 Asci clavate, obtuse, longly pedicellate. |