Obs. [f. BAYARD sb.1 + -LY1.] Bayard-like; characterized by the blindness and self-confidence of ignorance.
1636. Goodman, Wint. Even. Confer., III. 20. Religion is … not a formal and bayardly round of duties.
1656. Artif. Handsom., 143. A blind credulity, a bayardly confidence.
1659. Gauden, Tears Ch., 118. The bayardly blindness of common people … neither able nor willing to discern.
