adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a contented manner; with contentment.

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1556.  J. Heywood, Spider & F., vii. 77. I shall … Into your handes, yeelde me contentedlie.

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c. 1665.  Mrs. Hutchinson, Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1846), 33. He could contentedly be without things beyond his reach.

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1758.  S. Hayward, Serm., i. 1. Contentedly ignorant of these most momentous concerns.

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1871.  Ruskin, Munera P., Pref. (1880), 20. These principles the Professor goes on contentedly to investigate.

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