adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a beautiful manner, with beauty; charmingly, delightfully, admirably.

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1548.  Hall, Chron. Hen. VI., an. 14 (R.). The bright sunne that … shone in Fraunce feaire and beautifully.

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1576.  Lambarde, Peramb. Kent (1826), 223. He brought Plantes … and furnished this ground with them beautifully.

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c. 1730.  Prior, Henry & Emma, 323. Fine by degrees and beautifully less.

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1820.  Scott, Abbot, xix. A short but beautifully-wrought sword.

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1841.  Marryat, Poacher, xxiv. She could read and write beautifully.

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1856.  Kane, Arct. Expl., I. xxxi. 421. The atmosphere was beautifully clear.

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