Lastly

adv. Also 4 Sc. lestely. [f. LAST a. + -LY².]

  1.  At the end; in the last instance; ultimately. Obs. or arch. exc. as used to indicate the last point or conclusion of a discourse or the like: In the last place, finally.

c. 1375.  Sc. Leg. Saints, Paulus, 187. Wit þu þat schorte tyme I sall tholl now, bot lestely I sall luf sine with my lord Ihesu withowtyn fyne.

c. 1586.  C’tess Pembroke, Ps. LI. viii. Lastly, O Lord, how soe I stand or fall, Leave not thy loved Sion to embrace.

1588.  Shaks., Tit. A., V. iii. 104. Our Brothers were beheaded, Our Fathers teares despis’d,… Lastly, my selfe vnkindly banished. Ibid. (1598), Merry W., I. i. 142. There is three Vmpires in this matter,… that is, Master Page … and there is my selfe … and … (lastly, and finally) mine Host.

1605.  Willet, Hexapla Gen., 386. Lastely he made him ruler of his house.

1611.  Bible, Transl. Pref., 1. And lastly, that the Church be sufficiently provided for.

1631.  Weever, Anc. Funeral Mon., 697. Alice his wife (who lastly married one William Ramsey).

1641.  J. Jackson, True Evang. T., II. 115. S. Peter … lastly was crucified under Nero.

1667.  Milton, P. L., III. 240. I for his sake will leave Thy bosom,… and for him lastly die Well pleased.

1749.  Bracken, Farriery (ed. 6), 20. Fourthly, and Lastly; I recommend Purging as usefull in gross Habits.

1783.  Hailes, Antiq. Chr. Ch., ii. 44. And lastly, that the arguments of the Apostle satisfied some of the Jews.

1861.  Lytton & Fane, Tannhäuser, 113. With the strength that lastly comes to break All bonds.

1875.  Lightfoot, Comm. Col. & Philem., 286/1. Lastly of all; show your gratitude by your thanksgiving.

  † 2.  Conclusively, finally. Obs.

1612.  Drayton, Poly-olb., v. 79. Then take my finall doome pronounced lastlie this.

1637.  Milton, Lycidas, 83. As he pronounces lastly on each deed.

  † 3.  Very lately, recently. Obs.

1592.  Greene, Groat’s W. Wit (1617), 36. Young Iuuenall, that byting Satyrist, that lastly with mee together writ a Comedie.

1641.  J. Jackson, True Evang. T., I. 50. The blood of him … who lastly suffered, it may be yesterday, or to day.