adv. [f. CONSIDERATE + -LY2.] In a considerate manner.
1. With consideration, thoughtfully, carefully, attentively, discreetly, deliberately. Obsolescent.
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., lxxii. I besech you consider, consideratlie.
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler, 65. I may considerately say, I never heard but one Oath sworne.
1651. Hobbes, Leviath., II. xxxi. 191. To speak Considerately of God.
1665. J. Webb, Stone-Heng (1725), 81. If then it were certain that such an Inscription were found … the Disquisition … might be considerately made, otherwise not.
1704. Steele, Lying Lover, I. (1747), 13. What do you stare at so considerately?
1825. Southey, Paraguay, IV. 63. Considerately the Jesuit heard, and bade The youth be called.
2. With consideration or regard for others.
1871. H. Ainsworth, Tower Hill, II. ix. 52. Since you considerately allow me to choose the hour.
1879. McCarthy, Own Times, I. 425. The measures of the ministers were … treated considerately.
