adv. Obs. rare. [Of doubtful etymology and meaning: the form suggests OE. ʓebyredlíce ‘as it behoves, duly, conveniently,’ but it is not easy to connect this sense with first quot.] ? At random, heedlessly.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden, Rolls Ser. VII. 427. In the whiche cytees Robert wente burethely up and doun [passim vagabatur].

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c. 1440.  Gaw. & Galoran, ii. 21 (Jam.). Als wounded as he was, Sone buredely he ras.

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