runninglyadv.
/ˈrʌnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈrənɪŋli/ Now rare.† 1. Concurrently with something Obsolete.
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the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [adverb] > at the same time that with or as
there-midc888
forth withc1175
herewitha1400
runninglyc1443
hand in handa1500
straight1536
forth with that?1541
parallel1646
in parallel1709
neck and neck1799
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 397 (MED) Schorte preiers, þouȝ þei be ful ofte and as it were alwey hauntid currauntly or rennyngli wiþ oþere werkis, þei letten not þe oþere werkis.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 159 (MED) Þerfore euer eiþer of hem synneþ bi yuel wil, bi malyuolence and bi malice..be cause of þe deede rennyngli with þe wityng and with þe willyng.
2. In a rapid or hasty manner; swiftly, quickly; cursorily, superficially.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adverb]
yeverlyeOE
cofeOE
snellya1000
whatlichea1000
swiftlyc1000
yernea1023
skeetc1175
swithc1175
whatec1175
lightly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
swithc1275
fastc1300
quickc1300
titec1300
quicklya1325
rada1325
snellc1330
titelyc1330
swithly?1370
hastlya1375
ketlya1375
ketec1380
speedlyc1380
speedfully1398
keenlya1400
skeetlya1400
speedilya1400
swiftc1400
yederlyc1400
apacea1423
rasha1475
runninglyc1475
speedful?c1480
rackly?a1500
rashly1533
stiffly1535
roundly1548
post1549
fleet1587
fleetly1598
speedy1601
raptly1646
fastisha1650
wingedly1651
rapidly1653
rapid1677
velociously1680
express1765
quicklike1782
spankingly1803
spankily1842
fleetingly1883
quick-foot1891
on the quick-foot1894
zippily1924
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 205 (MED) It were bettir seie oonys wel þe preier..pater noster..þoruȝ a certeyn tyme þan forto seie an hundrid rabbischly and rennyngli.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Couramment,..runningly, swiftly, redily.
1584 R. Greene Morando sig. Ciij Morando and the rest of the Gentlemen hearyng howe runnyngly Peratio did prattle.
1614 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. H4 They would not sleightly and runningly goe ouer their sinnes, but pausingly and with standing vpon them.
1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Pér córso, runningly, cursorie-wise.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Runningly, cursim.
1855 R. Browning Master Hugues vii, in Men & Women I. 196 Played I not off-hand and runningly, Just now, your masterpiece?
1870 G. Meredith in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 624 He talked runningly of the theatres and pantomimes and London's charms.
1923 Musical Times 64 712/1 A few more vocal records must be dealt with runningly.
1963 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Oct. 26/4 The colours are fewer, lighter and put on runningly across the paper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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