choicelyadv.
/ˈtʃɔɪsli/, U.S. /ˈtʃɔɪsli/ In a choice manner: with careful choice, with special care, carefully, specially, discriminatingly; daintily, exquisitely, excellently.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with particular care
choicelya1375
particularly1489
nice?1544
nicely1651
finely1718
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] > choicely
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trylya1375
triedly14..
pricelyc1450
selectedly1637
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > by selection > with careful selection
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selectedly1637
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1753 Þe posterne of þat perles erber, þat was to meliors chaumber choisli a-ioyned.
c1425 Leg. Rood 218 To seche a childe þat choisly chees In maydenes blode to blome.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2772 My Sister Exiona fro seruage to brynge. That shal be choisly your charge.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 56 In euerie separate kinde of learnyng and studie..ye must follow, choselie a few, and chieflie some one.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R3v Choycely picked out from all the rest.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xv. 137 Keeping them exceeding choicely.
1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 47 This they do most slow: Because most choicely.
1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) iv. 50 So choicely handled, as not to be in the least bruised.
1797 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 456 Our Ship..will be choicely manned.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 145 Below was all mosaic choicely plann'd.
1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 60 To furnish choicely his stable, or his cellar.
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