adv. Also 5 sonly. [f. SOON adv. + -LY2.] Soon; quickly; speedily.

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  In the passage cited by Johnson from H. More the correct reading is so only (= if only).

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c. 1475.  Partenay, 4078. By me sonly distroed shall he be.

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1654.  E. Johnson, Wonder-wrkg. Provid., 9. All people, Nations and Languages, who are soonly to submit to Christs Kingdome.

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1829.  W. Taylor, Hist. Surv. Germ. Poet., II. 70. Hasten, my daughter, she said,… Coffee is soonly enough.

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