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† ˈquitely, adv. Obs.
[f. quite a. + -ly2.]
1. Freely, at liberty.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1200 Wheþer þey redden hym for to slo, Oþer quytly let hym go. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxvi. (Nicholas) 496 Passis one quytly away, & lovis god. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 934 Lo heere this Arcite, and this Palamon, That quitly weren out of my prison.
2. Completely, altogether: = quite adv. 1.
a1300Cursor M. 1582 Þe find wend..þat al man kind quitli war his. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxxvii. 5 It semes as þou had whitely [v.r. qwitly] forgetten. c1400Rom. Rose 5843 He hath geten a peny or two, That quytely is his owne in holde. |