adv. north. Obs. (Formed on ANE one; the -er is not accounted for; but cf. formerly, latterly, utterly; and the compd. ALLENARLY.] Only, alone; merely, only just.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, VII. 59. Quhen he saw his lord swa stad, That he wes left swa anerly. Ibid., X. 608. Ane place thai fund so braid That thai mycht syt on anerly.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., V. x. 352. Wes in hys begynyg Bot anerly of Brettane Kyng.
a. 1500. Lancelot, 1476. The strenth of victory… cummyth not of man, bot anerly Of hyme, the wich haith euery strinth.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IX. iv. 124. Thy maist reuthfull moder … Quhilk anerlie … Has followit the hir louit child about.
