adv. [f. STATED ppl. a. + -LY2.]

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  1.  With regularity, as a regular practice, constantly, not occasionally or spasmodically.

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1670.  Baxter, Cure Ch.-divisions, 52. The Profession it self, or open covenanting with God is the thing statedly necessary to the being of visible Christianity.

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1743.  J. Morris, Serm., viii. 216. That profession of faith in Jesus Christ, which is made at baptism, is statedly renewed at the Lord’s supper.

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1799.  Underwood, Treat. Dis. Childhood (ed. 4), I. 55, note. Numerous children … from their infancy have been for several days without a motion: nor would any gentle means procure it statedly.

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1828.  W. Field, Mem. Dr. Parr, I. 120. It will long be remembered by those who were statedly or occasionally his hearers.

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1855.  Browning, Bp. Blougram’s Apol., 945. You, Gigadibs, who, thirty years of age, Write statedly for Blackwood’s Magazine.

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1894.  Crockett, Raiders (ed. 3), 25. Men … who met statedly for their diets of worship.

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  2.  According to what is stated or alleged.

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1867.  Ruskin, Time & Tide, § 37. viii. (1904), 46. A passage from the statedly authoritative portions of the Bible.

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