Middle English Dictionary Entry
rēallī adv.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rēallī adv.(2) Also reali, rialliche. |
| Etymology | From rēal adj.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Actually, in fact; (b) theol. of Christ's being present in the Eucharist: really, substantially.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)18a/a : Þof al it be one bone realy [Ch.(2): substancially; L realiter], neþerlez it haþ 3 nominacions, And for þi of som men þai bene seid 3 bonez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)84b/b : In þis þai ar different in dede, or realy, fro fistulez, not agaynstondyng þat Idiotez saiþ al sich vlcerez fistulez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)146a/b : It is hard ynoȝ to knowe when þe wirching realy is in þe dindime.
b
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)366/11 : I haue wel vndirstande þou hast seyde þat þou arte in this sacramente not figurally but really and bodily.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)49 : With inne this bred al the souereyn good is put, Soothliche, nouht ymaginatyfliche, nouht presentatyfliche, nouht vertualliche, with oute more but it is put ther inne and contened bodiliche and rialliche [Lydg.Pilgr.: Realiter; F reaument], presentliche and verreyliche, with oute any similacioun and with oute oother decepcoun or gile.