deedilyadv.
/ˈdiːdɪli/ dialect.
Actively, busily.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [adverb]
actuallyc1449
activelyc1475
deedfully1615
deedily1813
1813 J. Austen Let. 11 Oct. (1995) 234 They are each [sc. busy] about a rabbit net, & sit as deedily to it, side by side, as any two Uncle Franks could do.
1816 J. Austen Emma II. x. 191 Frank Churchill..most deedily occupied about her spectacles. View more context for this quotation
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 241 They row in ‘spirts’, applying deedily to their paddling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1813- to set in such a gog of
- to set in sunder
- to set in the nick
- to set in the pillory
- to set in train
- to set in work
- to set in, into, out of, to a etc frame
- to set in, into, out of, to a good frame
- to set in, into, out of, to frame
- to set into
- to set into gear
- to set into motion
- to set land
- to set light
- to set light by
- to set light of
- to set light of, before
- to set light, at light
- to set lightly, coldly
- to set lite, a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little , a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , much , less, least, more, most by