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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1913

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RADLY, adv. Quickly, hotly, fiercely (Sc. 1887 Jam.). Arch.Sc. 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. x.:
For the han'lin o' warldlie things, alpuist sailkesslie unertaen is a trachle, sae radly are we kilhab'd an' fyled be ydilheid.

[O.Sc. radlie, quickly, 1515, rad, hasty, quick, c.1470, O.E. hrædlice, quickly, hræd, quick.]

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