A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1562-1572
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Temperately, Temporatlie, adv. [ME and e.m.E. temperatlich (Trevisa), temporatly (1525), temperately (1670); Temperat(e adj.] In a moderate, mild, restrained manner. — 1490 Irland Mir. I 78/3.
Thai qualiteis of heit ore cauld ore vtheris had nocht wroucht bot temporatlie and plesaundly 1562 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts III 26.
The saidis Alexander … with reverence and temporatlie obbayande the saidis charge 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 79.
Scho temperately bruikis hir gude luike, scho restis sweitly till the nixt day at none
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