A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1499-1513, 1585-1590
[1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Apertly, adv. Also: apertlie, appertly; ap(p)artly. [ME. apertely, -liche (c 1300), f. Apert a.]
1. Openly and boldly. 1375 Barb. x. 315; 1375 Ib. xii. 40.
This gud erll nocht-for-thi The sege tuk full apertly 1375 Ib. xiv. 77.
The Scottis men in that fechting Swa apertly and weille thame bar c1420 Wynt. viii. 5365.
Off were thai justyd full apertly
2. Plainly, manifestly. a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 1000.
Ȝe sall apertly prewe be me That I ame verray Jow c1420 Wynt. v. 959.
Saynt Jhon, … Hys ewangyle apertly Prechand, passyd throuche Asy a1500 Henr. Fab. 268/293 (B).
Thir doctouris … Apertly be oure leving can applye, And preue thare preching be a poesye 1513 Edinb. B. Rec. 139.
That na infectit persoun … cum to kirk or mercat priuelie or appertlie be day or nicht c1590 J. Stewart 40/378.
The oracle than rang This subsequent respons apertlie plaine a1586 Lindsay MS. 32.
Delphine … se not weill on the kar syde, bot on the rycht syde apertly
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Apertly adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/apertly>
