rifelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪfli/, U.S.

/ˈraɪfli/

Forms: Middle English rifli, Middle English rifliche, Middle English riueli, Middle English riuelic, Middle English riuely, Middle English ryfly, Middle English ryuelj, Middle English ryuely, Middle English rywely, Middle English– rifely, 1500s riefly, 1500s ryfely, 1600s rivelie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rife adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < rife adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch rivelike , rivelijk , rivelic , riveleec abundantly, amply, Old Icelandic ríflega generously, Old Swedish riflika copiously, abundantly, Old Danish rivelige , rivlig abundantly. Compare earlier rife adv.

†1. Abundantly, amply. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]

enoughOE

roomOE

largely?c1225

rifec1225

foison13..

rivedlyc1300

plenteously1340

plentily1340

fulsomelya1375

abundantlya1382

plenteousc1390

aboundinglyc1400

plentifullyc1400

copiously1447

abundanta1450

amply1454

substantiously1507

fatly?1521

largea1522

plentiful1563

heartily?1577

locupletely1599

redundantly1615

mainly1618

showeringly1621

rifely1648

profusively1650

galore1675

prolifically1735

wholesale1762

copious1791

aplenty1830

plenty1842

swimming1887

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 98 (MED) So ryfly on rugge roon & raches ronne Þat in launde vnder lynde me leste to lende And Lenede.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Monk returns from Death (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Felau(e For riuelic to gider drawes Faithe lufreden god felawes.

a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 129 (MED) He..toke of othyr and auaunced his owyn ryuely and ryche ham made.

1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. G8 Yet how ryfely now it raignes.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iii. 26 The Palme doth rifely rise in Iury field.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 51 The Thracian tyrant Dyomede Neuer saw bloud more rifely shed.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Rijffelick, rifely, or Abundantly.

1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 429 Civil and kindred strife may rage as rifely, and inflame as remorselessly, in the splendid abodes of the mightiest and most glorious of royalties, at the same moment that social and civil wars may desolate the meanest of huts.

2. Commonly, frequently; customarily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > [adverb]

unseldea950

oftOE

thickOE

ylomeOE

oftsithec1175

oftsithesc1175

lomec1200

oftlya1225

oft-stounds1303

continuallyc1305

oftena1325

rifely1357

oft-timesc1384

oft-timec1387

oftentimesa1393

oftentimec1395

fele-sitha1400

lightlya1400

oftentide?a1400

rifea1400

seresitha1400

many a foldc1400

often sithec1405

hauntinglyc1440

by many a foldc1450

fele-syss1489

frequently1531

feltymesc1540

oftens1567

oftenly1574

frequent1614

repeatedlya1647

(as) often as not1723

more often (or oftener) than not1723

not uncommonly1747

not infrequently1779

(at) every whip-stitch1824

oftenwhilesa1850

at short intervals1859

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently

rivedlyc1300

rifely1357

currently1579

widely1579

vulgarly1617

epidemically1641

endemically1661

prevalently1709

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 257 (MED) Yit may we noght be assoiled of our false athe Bot of our bisshop..For swilk cas is riuely reserved til him seluen.

c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 289 (MED) Hunger makeþ mon ryuelJ Breke his fast and ete erly.

a1425 (c1300) SS. Martin, Anthony & Machary (Cambr.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 71 (MED) Fell auntour that this Makary Come unto the cyte full rywely To sell thar hys handwerke.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2936 Soche Riot & Revell so ryuely to haunt.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 133 It was rifely reported, that the affaires of Persia..began to grow againe to some good quiet.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xii. 200 Neuer a foule mouthed swaggerer..giueth the lie so rifely as he doth.

1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 119 It was now rifely reported, the Tartars fury was well abated in Persia.

1853 Sc. Rev. Apr. 153 You will hear the coarse jokes, the profane jests, and the sceptic sneer going ground as rifely as at other times.

1885 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 311 Its exit would proclaim..the end of rifely reported corruption that shames the country.

1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner 64 But it is rifely reported that you were early schooled in these matters.

1986 T. J. Pinch Confronting Nature 181 People had been going along rifely quoting this extrapolation and not really acting as if they were concerned, not really going on to say ‘Look, this really ought to be remeasured.’

†3. Quickly, soon. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > quickly

soonc825

quicklyc1300

rifelya1375

swiftlya1400

hourly1529

apace1535

in less than a lightning1591

quick time1816

succinctly1837

quickstep1855

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1472 (MED) Þe word went wide..rifliche þurth-out rome.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7880 (MED) Bot oft þe weliest o win Riue-liest [Fairf. sonest] þai fal in sin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rifely
释义	rifelyadv. Brit. /ˈrʌɪfli/, U.S. /ˈraɪfli/ Forms: Middle English rifli, Middle English rifliche, Middle English riueli, Middle English riuelic, Middle English riuely, Middle English ryfly, Middle English ryuelj, Middle English ryuely, Middle English rywely, Middle English– rifely, 1500s riefly, 1500s ryfely, 1600s rivelie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rife adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < rife adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch rivelike , rivelijk , rivelic , riveleec abundantly, amply, Old Icelandic ríflega generously, Old Swedish riflika copiously, abundantly, Old Danish rivelige , rivlig abundantly. Compare earlier rife adv. †1. Abundantly, amply. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 98 (MED) So ryfly on rugge roon & raches ronne Þat in launde vnder lynde me leste to lende And Lenede. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Monk returns from Death (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Felau(e For riuelic to gider drawes Faithe lufreden god felawes. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 129 (MED) He..toke of othyr and auaunced his owyn ryuely and ryche ham made. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. G8 Yet how ryfely now it raignes. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iii. 26 The Palme doth rifely rise in Iury field. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 51 The Thracian tyrant Dyomede Neuer saw bloud more rifely shed. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Rijffelick, rifely, or Abundantly. 1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 429 Civil and kindred strife may rage as rifely, and inflame as remorselessly, in the splendid abodes of the mightiest and most glorious of royalties, at the same moment that social and civil wars may desolate the meanest of huts. 2. Commonly, frequently; customarily. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] unseldea950 oftOE thickOE ylomeOE oftsithec1175 oftsithesc1175 lomec1200 oftlya1225 oft-stounds1303 continuallyc1305 oftena1325 rifely1357 oft-timesc1384 oft-timec1387 oftentimesa1393 oftentimec1395 fele-sitha1400 lightlya1400 oftentide?a1400 rifea1400 seresitha1400 many a foldc1400 often sithec1405 hauntinglyc1440 by many a foldc1450 fele-syss1489 frequently1531 feltymesc1540 oftens1567 oftenly1574 frequent1614 repeatedlya1647 (as) often as not1723 more often (or oftener) than not1723 not uncommonly1747 not infrequently1779 (at) every whip-stitch1824 oftenwhilesa1850 at short intervals1859 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently rivedlyc1300 rifely1357 currently1579 widely1579 vulgarly1617 epidemically1641 endemically1661 prevalently1709 J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 257 (MED) Yit may we noght be assoiled of our false athe Bot of our bisshop..For swilk cas is riuely reserved til him seluen. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 289 (MED) Hunger makeþ mon ryuelJ Breke his fast and ete erly. a1425 (c1300) SS. Martin, Anthony & Machary (Cambr.) in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 71 (MED) Fell auntour that this Makary Come unto the cyte full rywely To sell thar hys handwerke. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2936 Soche Riot & Revell so ryuely to haunt. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 133 It was rifely reported, that the affaires of Persia..began to grow againe to some good quiet. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xii. 200 Neuer a foule mouthed swaggerer..giueth the lie so rifely as he doth. 1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 119 It was now rifely reported, the Tartars fury was well abated in Persia. 1853 Sc. Rev. Apr. 153 You will hear the coarse jokes, the profane jests, and the sceptic sneer going ground as rifely as at other times. 1885 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 311 Its exit would proclaim..the end of rifely reported corruption that shames the country. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner 64 But it is rifely reported that you were early schooled in these matters. 1986 T. J. Pinch Confronting Nature 181 People had been going along rifely quoting this extrapolation and not really acting as if they were concerned, not really going on to say ‘Look, this really ought to be remeasured.’ †3. Quickly, soon. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > quickly soonc825 quicklyc1300 rifelya1375 swiftlya1400 hourly1529 apace1535 in less than a lightning1591 quick time1816 succinctly1837 quickstep1855 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1472 (MED) Þe word went wide..rifliche þurth-out rome. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7880 (MED) Bot oft þe weliest o win Riue-liest [Fairf. sonest] þai fal in sin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1350
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