adv. [f. LEARNED ppl. a. + -LY2.] In a learned manner.

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1549.  Bale, Labor. Journ. Leland, Pref. B iv b. So lernedlye, lyuelye, euydently, and groundedlye … woulde he haue … described … thys oure realme.

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1549.  Cheke, Hurt Sedit. (1641), 6. Yee think it is not learnedly done.

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1642.  Milton, Apol. Smect., Wks. 1851, III. 317. They can learnedly invent a prayer of their own.

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1717.  Lady M. W. Montagu, Lett. to Mrs. Thistlethwayte, 1 April. I can speak very learnedly on that subject.

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1863.  H. Cox, Instit., III. vii. 680. He most minutely and learnedly investigated the ancient course of the Exchequer.

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