英语词汇“prestly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

prestly

释义

† ˈprestly, adv. Obs.
Also 4–5 pristly, prystly, 6 preastly.
[f. prest a. + -ly².]
1. Readily, quickly, promptly, immediately.
1340Ayenb. 140 Þe ournemens of boȝsamnesse byeþ zeuen, þet ys, þet me bouȝe prestliche, gledliche, simpleliche, klenliche, generalliche, zuyftliche, and wiluolliche.c1350Will. Palerne 1146 Boþe partiȝes prestly a-paraylde hem.a1400Morte Arth. 2762 He flenges to syr Florent, and prystly he kryes,—‘Why flees thow, falls knyghte? þe fende hafe þi saule!’c1420Avow. Arth. xix, He prekut oute prestely.15..Adam Bel & Clym of Clough 451 They preced prestly into the hall.1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xxiv. 189 b, His speciall great strength..was preastly and readily shewed foorth at the houre of his death.c1557Abp. Parker Ps. ciii. 288 His sauing helth comth prestly on To ryd thy life from peryls all.
2. Eagerly, urgently, earnestly.
c1400Destr. Troy 230 Yiff þu puttes þe pristly þis point for to do.1522World & Child in Hazl. Dodsley I. 253 Now pray you prestly on every side To God omnipotent.1642H. More Song of Soul ii. i. ii. x, The heart, the heart⁓bloud, brains fleet aire, hot fire To be the thing that they so prestly sought, Some have defin'd.

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