Middle English Dictionary Entry
nākedlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | nākedlī adv. |
| Etymology | From nāked adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Candidly, without reserve or concealment; plainly, in plain terms; (b) solely, simply; (c) without possessions; (d) ~ bistad, in straitened circumstances, poor.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)162/15 : Schrift schal beo naket, þet is naketliche [Nero: nakedlich] imaket.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)174/23 : He ssel zigge his zennes clyerliche and nakedliche [Vices & V.(2): bareliche].
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)137/2 : Þenk nakidly, pleynly, & boistously þat þou arte as þou arte.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)414 : Schrift..nakidli made as þe syn was done, noght schewid in faire wordis.
- c1450(c1400) *Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)101b : God schewyd me whate syne es nakydlye be the selfe.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)206/8 : Thyrde is that he be confessede nakedly [L nude] and openly al his synnes.
- (1460) Paston2.205 : Som of hem haue seid ful nakedly of you.
b
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.231 : Þus shulde stiwardis of þe Chirche juge, not nakydly bi þer wille, but sikerly aftir Goddis lawe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)84a : Nakidly: Nude.
c
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.40/14 : Hubert..all thyng worldly hadde forsake for the loue of criste, nakidly askapynge the wrake of this worlde.
d
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)129 : Or but I were nakidly bystad By force of the penylees maladie.