† secrelyadv.
Obsolete.
Secretly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 707 This Markys writen hath..A lettre..And secreely [v.rr. secrely, secretely, secretly] he to Boloigne it sente.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 5782 The grete Tresour wych verrayly Ys shet with-Inne secrely, Pore folkys for to fede.
c1440 Generydes 359 Whanne ye maye fynd good leyser and spase, That sekerly ye may speke with the kyng.
c1440 Generydes 3786 And in like wise cast your harnes vppon, Secrely, that no man yow Aspye.
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