adv. Obs. [f. SUING ppl. a. + -LY2.]
1. Accordingly, consequently.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Serm., Sel. Wks. II. 106. Þus seiþ Crist suyngli, Y and my fadir ben al oon; for þei ben oo God, oo substance, and oo kynde. Ibid. (1382), Gen. xliii. 7. We answerden to hym sewyngly [Vulg. consequenter], aftir that that he askide.
1450–1530. Myrr. Our Ladye, III. 295. Consequenter, Sewyngly after couenaunte & accorde.
1493. [H. Parker], Dives & Pauper (W. de W.), ii. Int. 22/2. Lordshyppe perteyneth by kynde unto man, and so suynly to be riche.
2. In order, in due sequence; hence, subsequently, afterwards, later.
c. 1400. Maundev. (1839), xxvi. 263. Now schalle I seye zou sewyngly of Contrees and Yles.
c. 1400. Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton), II. lviii. (1859), 56. Euery bone went to other, ioynynge them self in theyr propre places, and sewingly the spyrites repayred to the bones.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 55. Many maners of curacions; Of whiche some more profitable … bene sewyngly to be noted vnder compendiousnez to þe vtilite of helyng.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., IV. i. 417. These textis whiche schulen now suyngli be tretid in this present chapiter.
c. 1510. More, Picus, Wks. 20/1. Then suyngly the prophete showeth what is the roote of this priuacion.
3. Consecutively, in succession.
1453. Rolls of Parlt., V. 270/1. Thre dayes suyngly eche after other.
