adv. Obs.–1 [f. *fruible (ad. med.L. *fruibilis, f. fruī: see next) + -LY2.] Enjoyingly; in a state of enjoyment.
c. 1450. trans. De Imitatione, II. i. 41. A louer of ihesu … may frely … lifte himself aboue himself in spirit, and þere reste fruibly [L. fruitive].
