adv. Obs. [f. BOND sb. + -LY2.]

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  1.  ? By bondhold.

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1465.  Marg. Paston, Lett., 504, II. 191. They wold put hem owte of such londs as they huld bondly of the Lordshyp.

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  2.  Servilely; as a slave or slaves.

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1553.  W. Turner, in Strype, Eccl. Mem., III. I. iv. 49. If ye saw them [the bishops] how slavely and bondly they handle the rest of the Clergy.

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