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† micklely, adv. Obs.
Forms: OE micellice, lOE miccli, lOE micelice, ME mekely, ME mekli, 17 meikly[Sc.]
[‹ mickle adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare muchly adv.
In 18th-cent Scots use (compare quot. 1798 1) probably an independent re-formation.]
1. Much, exceedingly, greatly.
eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Otho) v. xxi. 474 Wæs se wer micellice gelæred. lOE Metrical Charm: Against Wen (Royal 4 A.xiv) 12 Swa litel þu gewurþe alswa linsetcorn, and miccli lesse. lOE Canterbury Psalter cxxii. 4 Multum repleta est anima nostra obprobrium abundantibus et despectio superbis: micelice gefilled is sæwl uræ edwid genihtsumnes & forsiewen ðæ oferhidgæn.a1450Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 275 Of þe deuel haue þai no drede, For god makes þam so mekli of mayne..to stand him a-gayne. 1798D. Crawford Poems 88, I wonder meikly, in sic times, How chiels, like you, wi' fearful weams can get their cravings satisfy'd.
2. Splendidly, magnificently, grandly. rare.
eOE Vespasian Psalter: Canticles & Hymns ii. 6 (5) Cantate domino quoniam magnifice fecit: singad dryhten for ðon micellice dyde. c1450(?a 1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3691 A tabernacle..Mekely merkid & made. |