strengthilyadv.
/ˈstrɛŋ(k)θᵻli/, U.S. /ˈstrɛŋ(k)θəli/, Scottish English /ˈstrɛŋθᵻlɪ/ Originally Scottish. Now somewhat rare.
With strength (in various senses); strongly, powerfully, forcefully.
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the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb]
strongeOE
fastOE
stably1297
strengthlya1400
unabasedlyc1425
unfaintlyc1425
four-squarec1430
strengthilyc1485
determinedlyc1540
resolutely1549
determinately1556
martyr-like1579
resolvedly1587
strongly1591
undauntedly1598
heart and soul1620
fairly and squarely1628
bently1645
decisively1653
supportinglya1664
setly1673
decidedly1770
martyrly1819
immitigably1824
staunchly1825
unshrinkingly1826
unflinchingly1833
hell-bent1863
square1867
fair and square1870
full-bloodedly1898
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adverb]
pithily1522
Samson-like1570
strengthily1883
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 122 The band spirituall..byndis mare strenthily na temporale or carnale bandis.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 1406 Nane..quhan his fais left the place, Sa strenthily couth demane ane chace.
1850 Visitor 141/1 They may have been described again and again without exciting much attention, but when strengthily and strikingly sketched by a masterly hand, they [etc.].
1856 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat 239 He smote them strengthily, crumbling them at a blow.
1883 Daily News 17 Sept. 2/3 The mare..is so strengthily made that her apparent lack of size will not cause the hammer to flag much when she has been walked once or twice round the ring.
1916 C. Holme Home Coming x. 149 He stepped aside with a rueful smile, politely but strengthily dismissed.
1969 ‘R. Llewellyn’ But we didn't get Fox viii. 77 I never felt better than when I was close to her, my arms almost all the way round her, and her arms strengthily round me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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