† Contractly

adv. Obs. [f. CONTRACT ppl. a. + -LY².] Contractedly, by contraction.

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1570–6. Lambarde, Peramb. Kent (1826), 195. Maidstone, contractly for Medweys Towne. Ibid. (1581), Eiren., I. i. (1588), 5. Fitzherbert calleth them Justicers (contractly for Justiciars).

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1612. R. Sheldon, Serm. St. Martin’s, Ep. Ded. 2. Briefly and contractly … to delineat the inestimable perfections … of Christ.

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1675. Ogilby, Brit., 76. The Town by the Vallum … contractly Caerleal and Carlisle.

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