† shirelyadv.
Obsolete.
Brightly, clearly; purely.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [adverb]
cleanlyc1200
shirelyc1230
purely?a1425
undefiledly1548
sincerely1578
unspottedly1598
purea1616
immaculately1620
intemeratelya1631
spotlesslya1671
stainlessly1882
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > brightly
brighteOE
lightOE
shireOE
fairOE
brightlyOE
sheen?c1225
shirelyc1230
sheenly1340
clearlya1375
shininglyc1384
clearc1385
cleana1400
shrillc1400
enclerea1440
lucidentlyc1508
sheerly1508
splendently1576
shiny1596
nitently1657
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 80 As ofte as ha walden þenchen schirliche of godd & makien cleane bonen.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1880 Þere he schrof hym schyrly & schewed his mysdedez.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii Of siluer and saphir schirly yai [= thai] schane.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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