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eyely en · ADJ · etymology 1

From Middle English ely, eiȝely, equivalent to eye + -ly.

(archaic, not-comparable, rare) Visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious.
- […] and I quoted a few places where the first part of my accusation is capable of "eyely and euident demonstration,' to use a phrase of Leicarraga's time. 1903 January 24, Notes and Queries, volume 11, 9th series, Oxford University Press, page 64:
- Ofttimes we look upon an eyely prize, / And conjure means by which we may obtain / That morsel for ourself; […] 1892, Creedmore Fleenor, “Passion's Pandemonium”, in Thought Throbs, § "Despondency", page 199:

From the adjective (see above), equivalent to eye + -ly.

(archaic, not-comparable, rare) Obviously; evidently; apparently.
- He was eyely delited at the site you may be sure but Becky being timersome shut her eyes all the time she was seeing it. 1822 May, Thomas Hood, “Mr. Martin's Pictures and the Bonassus”, in The London Magazine, volume 5, number 29, page 428; republished in Tom Hood, Frances Freeling Broderip (née Hood), editors, The Works of Thomas Hood, volume 4, London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1882, page 424: