† contentlyadv.
rare.
= contentedly adv.Probably, as the metre suggests, merely an error for contentedly, which modern editions substitute.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb]
contentedly1556
comfortably1563
satisfiedly1593
contentlya1625
unrepiningly1626
complacentially1671
contentfully1685
a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 56 Come, weele away unto your country house, And there weele learne to live contently.
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