Obs. Also 4 suetli, -ly, 6 swe(e)tely. [f. SWEET a. + -LY1. Cf. MDu. soetelijc (Du. zoetelijk), MHG. sheʓlich (G. süsslich); also OE. swóllic.] Sweet.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 17819. Þai hailsed þaim with suetli suar.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xvi. 52. A suetly suyre heo hath to holde.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.), II. 2. Fayne maye thy frendes be in fere, To see thy sweetlye [v.r. frely] face.
1530. Palsgr., 842/2. Swetely of savoure, souef.
1592. Wyrley, Armorie, Capitall de Buz, 156. By sweetely Lord, that straied sinners sought.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XXXVI. v. II. 565. Agoracritus of Paros, whome hee loved also for his sweetly youth.
