adv. Obs. [f. TRUST a. + -LY2.]
1. = TRUSTILY I.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 9. On swilch liflode we muȝen trustliche abiden ure louerd ihesu cristes tocume.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 634, in O. E. Misc., 20. A tre he [the elephant] sekeð and leneð him trostlike ðer-bi.
1382. Wyclif, Isa. xiv. 30. And pore men trostly [Vulg. fiducialiter] shul resten.
a. 1400. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), I. xliv. Aske only salvacion bi vertue of this precious passion mekely and trustly, and wythoute dowte thou shal haue it.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 503/1. Trostly, or sekyrly, confidenter.
2. Certainly, surely; = TRUSTILY 3.
c. 1320. R. Brunne, Medit., 1107. Beeþ of gode cumfort, for trustly y say, We shullen hym se.
1426. Lydg., De Guil. Pilgr., 14831. And trustly I am hys doubter.