adv. Obs. [f. CONGRUE a. + -LY2.] Congruously, fittingly; with congruity.

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c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg. (MS. A.), 8. He muste studie … in gramer þat he speke congruliche.

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c. 1440.  Gesta Rom., lix. 244 (Harl. MS.). And that crist may congruli be callid a serpent, is a goode Resoun.

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1548.  Hall, Chron. (1809), 87. The Kyng to hym … shal satisfie and of other houses and edifices or places congruely shal recompence.

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