adv. rare. [f. TAPER a. + -LY2.] In a tapering manner, taperingly, slenderly.
1788. de Sauseuil, trans. de Villehuet’s Manœverer, xii. 220. You may after that be able to brace the top-sail taperly, that is to say, on the parallel to the direction of the wind, in order to furl it more easily.
1802. Sporting Mag., XX. 292. A small dog, taperly and elegantly formed.
