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lustily, adv.|ˈlʌstɪlɪ| Also 5–6 lustely(e, lustyly. [f. lusty + -ly2. It is difficult to say whether the form lustely(e in the 15–16th c. belongs to this word or to lustly adv.] †1. With pleasure or delight; pleasantly, pleasurably; delightfully. Also, gladly, willingly. (Cf. lustly adv. 1.) Obs.
a1225Juliana 75 Lustnið lustiliche hali writes lare. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 1319 A, lord! they lived lustily! [F. cum menoient bonne vie!] c1386― Knt.'s T. 671 Whan þat Arcite hadde romed al his fille, And songen al the roundel lustily In-to a studie he fil sodeynly. c1430Lydg. Reas. & Sens. 275 Of Plyades and sterres sevene, That so lustely do shyne. c1440Promp. Parv. 318/1 Lustyly, or lystyly, delectabiliter. 1500–20Dunbar Poems x. 45 Now spring vp flouris fra the rute..Lay out ȝour levis lustely. 1526Skelton Magnyf. 1583 These wordes in myne eyre they be so lustely spoken, That [etc.]. a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. xxi. K iv, These fyve thynges..were lustely and willyngly graunted by the Senate. 2. With vigour or energy; vigorously, energetically; with a will, heartily, cheerfully. Now said only of physical activity.
c1400Mandeville (1839) xxii. 238 Thei make Knyghtes to jousten in Armes fulle lustyly. a1479Caxton Bk. Curtesye xliv, It is to a godly chyld wel syttynge..To harpe or lute or lustely to synge. 1535Coverdale Ps. xxxii. 3 Singe him a new songe, yee synge lustely unto him & with a good corage. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. i. 201, I determine to fight lustily for him. 1632Brome North. Lasse i. i. Wks. 1873 III. 2 Tri. What, married! Luc. Lustily promis'd Sir. Absolutely contracted. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 156 They bowze it lustily, with varietie of meates and pleasure. 1685Wood Life 21 June, It began to raine lustily for a quarter of an hour. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. xix. (1840) 349 He..cried out to us..lustily. 1738Swift Pol. Conversat. 35 If she ben't marry'd, at least she's lustily promis'd. 1829Scott Anne of G. xxx, He saw him feed lustily as well as carve featly. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxi. 641 Every inch of arable ground is turned to account. All that grows, grows lustily. 1898G. S. Tyack Bk. abt. Bells x. 170 The bells pealing forth right lustily from the steeple of the parish church. †3. Lustfully, carnally. Obs.
c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. xxxiv. (Gibbs MS.) lf. 64 That a man þat seeþ a woman lustyly..is accounted a lechoure. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. iv. 28 b/2 On a certayn nyght whan he wold lustely knowe his wyfe she dremed that she shold bere a chylde of myschefe. 1589Pappe w. Hatchet B ij b, I thinke it [lecherie]..no harme if the tearmes be not abusde: for you must say, vertuously done, not lustily done. |