adv. [f. STATED ppl. a. + -LY2.]
1. With regularity, as a regular practice, constantly, not occasionally or spasmodically.
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.
1743. J. Morris, Serm., viii. 216. That profession of faith in Jesus Christ, which is made at baptism, is statedly renewed at the Lords supper.
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.
1828. W. Field, Mem. Dr. Parr, I. 120. It will long be remembered by those who were statedly or occasionally his hearers.
1855. Browning, Bp. Blougrams Apol., 945. You, Gigadibs, who, thirty years of age, Write statedly for Blackwoods Magazine.
1894. Crockett, Raiders (ed. 3), 25. Men who met statedly for their diets of worship.
2. According to what is stated or alleged.
1867. Ruskin, Time & Tide, § 37. viii. (1904), 46. A passage from the statedly authoritative portions of the Bible.