adv. Sc. Also 5 beenlie. [f. BEIN + -LY2.] Pleasantly, comfortably, cosily.

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c. 1450.  Henryson, Mor. Fab., 14. Her den … Full beenlie stuffed both butte and ben Of Beines and Nuttes.

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1572.  Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 249. Ȝon carle … dois beinly dwell.

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1790.  A. Wilson, Discons. Wren, Wks. 97. Fu’ cleanly and beinly We lined it [our nest] a’ wi’ down.

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