adv. Obs. [f. TRIST a.1 + -LY2.] Confidently; securely; boldly: = TRUSTLY adv. 1.
1340–70. Alex. & Dind., 513. Þat þou mihte trystli trye þe treweste lawe.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 1632. He me thrett to be tra [= thra, thro], & for no thyng turne, Bot tyre me titely þarto & tristly to wend.
1408. Clifton, trans. Vegetius De re militari (MS. Digby 233), lf. 183 b/2. No man dredeþ to fulfille in dede þat he tristly troweþ he hath wel lerned.
