meetly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of meetly
A Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at meet 2, -ly
Example Sentences
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All Mankind seemed perfectible & we had Painters & Poets & we were indeed Lords of Matter, all number’d cleanly & meetly.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The towne of Evesham is meetly large and well builded of tymbre ...
From Evesham by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
The Queen was with her daughter in a chamber, instructing her meetly in that which it becomes a maid to know.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
At an altar therein a priest chanted meetly and with reverence a Mass of the holy Virgin Mary.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
We find the point of elevation never to be exceeded meetly coincident with the final period never to be terminated,—the infinite in height harmoniously associated with the eternal in duration.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh
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