a. & adv. Obs. [f. as prec. + -LY.]
A. adj. Like or befitting a carter; clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 280. A carterly or a rebaud songe.
1579. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 40. Diogenes a philosopher, yet who more carterly?
1611. Cotgr., s.v. Charterie, A carterlie, or churlish tricke.
1644. Sir E. Dering, Proper Sacrif., Pref. E iiij b. This is carterly language.
B. adv. In a rude or boorish manner.
1553. Grimalde, Cicero’s Offices, I. (1558), 56 b. We must … take hede … that … nothyng blockishely or carterly wee do.
1593. Nashe, 4 Lett. Confut., 57. Not the most exquisite thing that is, but the Counsel Table Asse Richard Clarke, may so Carterly deride.
1598. Florio, Villanamente … clounishlie, carterly, basely, inciuilie.
