adv. Obs. or dial. Forms: α. 3 tidlike, 3–4 tidliche, 4 tidly, 5 tydely. β. 4 titli, titliche, 4–5 titly, tytely, 5 tytly, -lye, 5, 8 titely. γ. 4 tiȝtly, -li. [f. TITE, TIT adv. + -LY2.] Quickly, speedily, smartly; soon. As titely (cf. F. aussitôt), immediately.
α. a. 1225. Juliana, 58. Þe reue het … swingen hit swiftliche abuten ant tidliche turnen.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3353. Tidlike hem was ðat water wane, Ðor he grucheden for ðrist hane.
1340–70. Alisaunder, 974. It betid in a time tidly therafter.
1460. Paston Lett., I. 528. I trust to God to com tydely i now.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., iii. 291. Tent hedir tydely, wife, and consider.
β. c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 2518. His swerd he drouȝ titly. Ibid. (1340–70), Alisaunder, 7. Tend yee tytely to mee & take goode heede.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2528. Titliche schuld þei be take. Ibid., 2694. Þei titly turned aȝen.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 3006. These tythandes full titely told were to Parys.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 888. Heraudes … Touchis titly [Dubl. MS. titely] þar tale.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 223, in Macro Plays, 84. With my tyre & with my tayl, tytly to tene.
c. 1746. J. Collier (Tim Bobbin), View Lanc. Dial., Rdr., Wks. (1862), 37. Otto con tell th’ tele, and seyth ’Rimes be rot, titely.
γ. c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2476. Tiȝtli al here tene was turned in-to ioye. Ibid., 1706. Ibid., 285. Tiȝtly.
