adv. Obs. [f. TRUST a. + -LY2.]

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  1.  = TRUSTILY I.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 9. On swilch liflode we muȝen trustliche abiden ure louerd ihesu cristes tocume.

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c. 1220.  Bestiary, 634, in O. E. Misc., 20. A tre he [the elephant] sekeð … and leneð him trostlike ðer-bi.

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1382.  Wyclif, Isa. xiv. 30. And pore men trostly [Vulg. fiducialiter] shul resten.

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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.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 503/1. Trostly, or sekyrly, confidenter.

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  2.  Certainly, surely; = TRUSTILY 3.

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c. 1320.  R. Brunne, Medit., 1107. Beeþ of gode cumfort, for trustly y say, We shullen hym se.

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1426.  Lydg., De Guil. Pilgr., 14831. And trustly … I am hys doubter.

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