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pronely, adv.|ˈprəʊnlɪ|
[f. prone a. + -ly2.]
1. In a prone position; face downwards; loosely (quot. 1578), right down, flat down (cf. prone a. 2).
1578Banister Hist. Man i. 9 A man, in fallyng..back⁓wardes, goeth pronely, without all hope of recouerable stay. 1616Sheldon Miracles Antichr. ix. 224 The same did..pronely adore and worship at the time of eleuation. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 151 Some couple..pronely, that is by contaction of prone parts in both. a1851Moir Fowler vi, We laid us down and watch'd,..Pronely, the sea-fowl and the coming dawn.
2. With a natural inclination; † readily, willingly (obs.); eagerly.
1556J. Clement in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. lx. 208 They knewe the trewthe, and pronely wolde confess it. a1677Barrow Wks. (1686) II. Serm. x. 148 Closely affixed to material things, or pronely addicted to brutish pleasures. |