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Webster 1913 Edition


Primely

Prime′ly

,
adv.
1.
At first; primarily.
[Obs.]
South.
2.
In a prime manner; excellently.

Webster 1828 Edition


Primely

PRI'MELY

,
adv.
At first; originally; primarily.
1.
Most excellently.

Definition 2024


primely

primely

English

Adverb

primely (comparative more primely, superlative most primely)

  1. Primarily.
    • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
      it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of Truth, not only by disexercising and blunting our abilities in what we know already, but by hindring and cropping the discovery that might bee yet further made both in religious and civill Wisdome.
  2. In a prime manner; very well; extremely; excellently.