hastely en · ADV
Etymology
From haste + -ly.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Hastily.
But this good knight soone as he them can spie, / For the coole shade him thither hastly got […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most hastely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more hastely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| hastly | alternative | lexicographic |