yarely
advEtymology From Middle English ȝarly, ȝarely, from Old English ġearlīċe, ġearolīċe; equivalent to yare + -ly.
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Archaic In a yare way.
- […]The silken tackle / Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands / That yarely frame the office.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- […]Fall to't yarely, or we run ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir!1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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- "Eat with despatch," he said,"and follow me yarely to mine house."1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Chapter 7, The Hooded Face”, in The Black Arrow: