† diminutelyadv.
Obsolete.
In a diminished manner or form; incompletely.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adverb]
halfling?c1200
a-party1340
uncompletelyc1380
imperfectlyc1400
parcel1415
party1440
unfullyc1449
parcel-likea1475
partiallya1475
halflyc1480
a part1481
parta1500
parcelly gilt1509
diminutely1521
partly1523
partlings1564
portionally1617
incompletely1651
informedly1670
fragmentally1814
fragmentarily1856
part-way1954
1521 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 79 I never rehersydde Your Graces letters, diminutely, or fully, but by the Kyngis expresse commaundement.
1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xx. 95 Sciences diminutely and insufficiently delivered by their authors.
1841 Fraser's Mag. 24 25 He could..make even Old Hal diminutely to sing [‘to sing small’].
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adv.1521- silver lamprey
- silver lavender
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