1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., V. xxiv. in Ashm. (1652), 154. How eloquently they clape.
1570. Ascham, Scholem. (Arb.), 140. Carolus Sigonius hath written of late, both learnedlie and eloquentlie.
1651. Hobbes, Leviath., III. xxxiii. 204. We have extant the works of Philo and Josephus both Jews, written by them eloquently in Greek.
1850. W. Irving, Goldsmith, i. 20. Pictures, rural and domestic appeal so eloquently to the fancy.
¶ b. humorously.
1853. Brimley, Ess., 276. Eloquently drunk.