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maturely, adv.|məˈtjʊəlɪ|
Also 6 maturly.
[f. mature a. + -ly2.]
1. With full deliberation, after mature consideration.
1594Parsons Conf. Next Success. ii. iv. 85 A sentence..so maturely giuen, could not be reuoked. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. ⁋11 To haue the translations of the Bible maturely considered of. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. ii. (1677) 89 They might more maturely advise what course was fittest to be taken. 1735Berkeley Free-think. in Math. §43 Wks. 1871 III. 327, I had long and maturely considered the principles of the modern analysis. 1841James Brigand xxv, The rest might stand over till both you and I had thought maturely of the matter. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ix. x. III. 168 Our Crown-Prince, somewhat of a judge in after years, is maturely of opinion, That the French Lines were by no means inexpugnable.
†2. With due promptness: in good time; not too late; early. Obs.
1531Elyot Gov. i. xxii. (1546) 72 Consult before thou enterpryse any thyng, and after thou hast taken counsel, it is expedient to do it maturly. 1662H. More Antid. Atheism iii. xv. (1712) 135 They..were never able..maturely to discover the approaching dangers. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. (1693) 17 We give him thanks for..receiving us more maturely [than the long-lived antediluvians] into those Everlasting Habitations above. 1790Cowper Odyss. ii. 227 But let us frame Effectual means maturely to suppress Their violent deeds.
3. With full development; ripely. Also, in a manner indicative of maturity.
1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §47. 128 The formation of a maturely Christian mind. 1886C. F. Woolson East Angels ix. 176 But Garda Thorne isn't immature, she talks as maturely as I do. 1902,1965[see dissected ppl. a. 2 b]. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iv. 108 The rest were Arabs and Jews, most of whom were maturely sixteen years of age and upward. |