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Inkirly, adv. Also: -lie, ink(k)yr-, ynker-, ynkir-, ynkurly, -lie, inkrely. [North. ME. (once) enkerly (Morte Arth.), otherwise only Sc.; var. of Enkrely, Increly.] Earnestly, eagerly, extremely, soundly, keenly. a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1368.
He … gret rycht sare inkyrly
c1420 Wynt. v. 1683.
For luve scho ȝharnyt inkrely
Ib. vi. 1336.
That me forthynkys inkyrly
Brus vii. 183 (C).
The Kyng than vynkit a litill we And slepit nocht full ynkurly [E. encrely]
Ib. 555.
He beheld hir mayr ynkirly
Ib. x. 534.
Quhen he has seyn The erll sa ynkirly hym set [etc.]
Ib. xv. 65.
The erll Thomas sa ynkirly [E. egrely] And his rout chassit [etc.]
1492 Myll Spect. 273/12.
My deir and ynkerly belouit sone
1513 Doug. vi. i. 106.
The king hym self than inkirly from his hart Maid this oryson

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