adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.]

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  † 1.  By chance, casually, accidentally. Obs.

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c. 1460.  Coventry Myst. (1841), 334. Here Longeys showyth the spere … and he avantoresly xal wype his Eyn.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., Awnterowsly, Forte, fortasse, forsan.

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1480.  Caxton, Chron. Eng., lxxv. And after that shall the moldewarpe dye aventoursly and sodeynly.

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  2.  In an adventurous or daring manner; daringly, at a risk.

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c. 1314.  Guy Warw., 83. Al auntreousliche ther he comen.

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1599.  Shaks., Hen. V., IV. iii. 79. If hee durst steale any thing aduenturously.

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a. 1674.  Milton, Hist. Moscow, Wks. (1738), II. 140. Shusky … was adventrously supply’d with some Powder and Ammunition by the English.

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1723.  J. Sheffield, Dk. of Buckhm., Wks., 1753, I. 93. On then, my Muse, adventrously engage To give instructions that concern the Stage.

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