Obs. Also 3 baldli, 4 baldeli. [f. BOLD a. + -LY1; cf. goodly.] Bold-looking.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 16032 (Gött.). Wid a ful baldli chere. Ibid., 8541 (Trin.). He was a boldly bachilere.

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1819.  Blackw. Mag., IV. 730. Scan ye near Those boldly lineaments.

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