adv. [f. WAYWARD a. + -LY2.] In a wayward manner.
1388. Wyclif, Ecclus. xxvii. 26. At the last he schal turne weiwerdli his mouth [Vulg. pervertet os suum].
1395. Purvey, Remonstr. (1851), 45. These principlis vndirstonden weiwardli, and applied blasfemeli to a synful man.
1545. Elyot, Dict., Morosè, waywardely.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. 1 John ii. 7–11. He loued his enemies, yea those that turned waywardly from him and that were worthy of euyll.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, II. xxii. § 2. Waiwardly proud; and therefore bold, because extreamely faultie.
1825. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, III. 331. Thou art still a creature of … courage and power. But why went such power so waywardly?
1880. Academy, 23 Oct., 299/2. Fashions change so much, taste changes so waywardly, that it is indeed highly possibly that Couture will not again occupy in the eyes of the French public quite the position of favour and approval which he filled thirty years ago.
