adv. Also 5 sonly. [f. SOON adv. + -LY2.] Soon; quickly; speedily.
In the passage cited by Johnson from H. More the correct reading is so only (= if only).
c. 1475. Partenay, 4078. By me sonly distroed shall he be.
1654. E. Johnson, Wonder-wrkg. Provid., 9. All people, Nations and Languages, who are soonly to submit to Christs Kingdome.
1829. W. Taylor, Hist. Surv. Germ. Poet., II. 70. Hasten, my daughter, she said, Coffee is soonly enough.