† stightlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
? In due order.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb]
bedenea1300
stightly1340
ordinatelyc1384
right?a1400
seriouslyc1405
beplotmelec1440
seriatly?a1475
seriatim1495
ensuingly?1518
consequently1558
evenly1579
successantly1594
orderly1599
connectedly1823
sequently1905
1340–70 Alisaunder 293 Stones stirred they þo & stightlich layde On hur engines full gist to ungome [? read unioine] þe walles.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6773 All the nobill anon..Gird doun of the grekes vnto grym dethe, And stird hom in the stoure stightly vnfaire.
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