Definition of Primely

1. adv. At first; primarily.

Definition of Primely

1. Adverb. Primarily. ¹

2. Adverb. In a prime manner; very well; extremely; excellently. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Primely

1. excellently [adv] - See also: excellently

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primely

prime meridian
prime minister
prime ministerial
prime ministers
prime ministership
prime mover
prime movers
prime number
prime numbers
prime of life
prime quantity
prime time
primed
primed(p)
primehood
primely (current term)
primeness
primenesses
primer
primer coat
primero
primerole
primeroles
primeros
primers
primes
primetime
primeur
primeurs
primeval

Literary usage of Primely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"... and primely things themselves, but the conceptions of the mind concerning things. SOUTH. The nory of Telemachus in formed altogether ¡n Hi: 41-, ..."

2. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1852)
"Nay therefore, quoad not, it is to be allowed to be primely credible, because there is no creature besides it that is so. Indeed God was pleased to find out ..."

3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1839)
"... for it was not primely known, nor by the direct force of any thing that was primely known ; but I know it from God by the testimony of Moses, ..."

4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor...: With an Essay by Jeremy Taylor (1851)
"Nay, therefore, " quoad nos," it is to be allowed to be primely credible, because there is no creature besides it that is so. Indeed God was pleased to find ..."

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