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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Waikly, -ie, adv. Also: waykly, weakly, -ie. [ME and e.m.E. weekely (Trevisa), waykly (?a1400), weaklye (1582).] a. Simply, plainly. b. Weakly, with little energy or strength. c. Inefficaciously.a. a1400 Leg. S. xxvi 177.
His body waikly he fedb. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2971.
Vlixes … At Thelagonius all waikly Spered a1500 Seven S. 470.
The grewhound quhen he saw the knycht Waikly rais 1513 Doug. ii ix 63.
The ald waykly [Sm. waiklie] but fors or dynt A dart dyd cast a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 285 (L).
Waiklie [W. weaklie, Wr. weakly] as I mycht I raisc. 1549 Lamb Resonyng 49/12.
Ȝour buik … is ane insufficient caus of presumptioun of weir, and als so waiklie handillit that [etc.] 1549 Lamb Resonyng 77/23.
Nebour, ȝe pruife waiklie, or rather na thing at all, the last pretendit homagis