adv. Obs.–1 [Aphetic f. of avisely ADVISEDLY adv.] Carefully, attentively, prudently.
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c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 278. Þat þe sotil amortasynge of seculer lordischipis þat is don bi menene hondis in fraude of þe kyngis statute be visely enquyred.
