† ˈpressyly,adv.Obs.rare—1. [perh. after F. pressément, with substitution of English suffix.] Urgently, pressingly. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. lxxxii. 122 Lettres..By the whyche they wrote well pressyly that her sone sholde be delyuerde to her agayne.