primely

adv — 2 senses

primely

adv

UK /ˈpɹʌɪmli/

Etymology From prime + -ly.

1

Primarily.

  • it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of Truth, not only by disexercising and blunting our abilities in what we know already, but by hindring and cropping the discovery that might bee yet further made both in religious and civill Wisdome.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
2

In a prime manner; very well; extremely; excellently.

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