adv. Obs. [f. QUIT(E a. + -LY2.]

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  1.  Freely, at liberty.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 1200. Wheþer þey redden hym for to slo, Oþer quytly let hym go.

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c. 1375.  Sc. Leg. Saints, xxvi. (Nicholas), 496. Passis one quytly away, & lovis god.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Knt.’s T., 934. Lo heere this Arcite, and this Palamon, That quitly weren out of my prison.

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  2.  Completely, altogether. = QUITE adv. 1.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 1582. Þe find wend … þat al man kind quitli war his.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter lxxxvii. 5. It semes as þou had whitely [v.r. qwitly] forgetten.

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c. 1400.  Rom. Rose, 5843. He hath geten a peny or two, That quytely is his owne in holde.

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