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c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 137 We..shalle ordayne for hyr governaunce of the persone of oure sayde fadyr, sykerly, lyvyngly, and honestely, aftyr the askynge of hys ryalle astate and dygnyte, by [etc.].

1579 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies f. 40^v His children, heauenly, spirituall, and liuingly minded.

1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes i. 5 It is more liuingly, more louingly (vox mariti) the speech of a husband.

1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 79 That vital temper the Soul requires in the body she will livingly joyn with.

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. X3 You have most livingly described the peeces in Orestes Temple.

1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy I. x. 165 Therefore that which is to represent God livingly and divinely, that which is to resemble the living and natural Source that is in God, must not come of meer nothing.

1769 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) x. 158 The doctrine of Christ, ‘Take no thought for the morrow’, arose livingly before me.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. vi. ii. 312 A fountain still played sparkling and livingly.

1850 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 122 It was absolutely necessary that he [sc. Socrates] should be brought livingly before us.

1881 W. R. Nicoll Incarnate Saviour 24 This is not the mere history of the past: it touches us livingly.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxxiv. 568 His face was pressed against her belly, her soft belly that stirred so livingly with her breathing, that was so warm and yielding against his face.

2011 Guardian (Nexis) 4 June (Review section) 15 Tolstoy's writing..makes us livingly feel that ‘then’ has become ‘now’.