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Presumpti(o)uslie, Presumpteouslye, -lie, adv. [e.m.E. presumtiously (1512), presumptiously.] = Presumptuouslie. — c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3248 (Ch.).
Ladyis … Presumpteouslye quhilk doith pretend, Till use the office of ane king a1578 Pitsc. I 148/19.
The dochtie Douglas clame most presumpteouslie For till haue power … Abone the governour 1620 Aberd. Council Lett. I 183.
That suche a … cative dar so presumptiuslie raile … aganes … so worthie a prince
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