Christianly adv.

[f. CHRISTIAN a. + -LY². For ME. form see C(H)RISTENLY.] In a Christian manner; in a way becoming a Christian.

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1538. Leland, Itin., IV. 64. Richard Beauchampe late Earle of Warwike … the which … deceased full Christianlye 30 Apr. 1439.

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1641. J. Jackson, True Evang. T., ii. 136. Nobly and Christianly spoken indeed!

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a. 1718. Penn, Tracts, Wks. 1726, I. 709. [He] Christianly exhorted the People to consider their latter end.

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1850. L. Hunt, Autobiog., vii. (1860), 128. Young as I was and Christianly brought up.

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