adv. Obs. Also 7 -osely. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Artificially; with constructive skill; by art as opposed to nature; artfully, cunningly.

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1662.  J. Bargrave, Pope Alex. VII. (1867), 137. Made of porcupine quills very artificiously.

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1677.  Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 100. Artificiosely to circumvent some one.

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1681.  Wharton, Soul of World, Wks. 1683, 647. Oyl Artificiously Extracted from Gold.

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