adv. Obs. Also 5 wittle. (Of doubtful authenticity; in some instances perh. a spelling of wittely WITTILY, in others of wihtly WIGHTLY.)
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 259. Þe child witly þanne wende wiþoute ani more.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., II. 275. Siþ þis martirdoom of Crist was so swete bifore God, Poul clepiþ it witly siche an offryng bifore God into smelling of swetnesse.
1426. Audelay, Poems (Percy Soc.), 30. Wysele and wytle and wittle the leud thai wyl here.
