Middle English Dictionary Entry
sē̆riǒuslī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sē̆riǒuslī adv. Also seriosli, sereousli, ceriousli, cereousli. |
| Etymology | Prob. from ML sē̆riōse item by item, in detail & seriously, earnestly; also cp. ME sē̆riǒus adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. seriatli adv., seriatim adv.
1.
(a) In succession, in due order, consecutively; bi (in) ordre ~; (b) minutely, in detail; (c) attentively; ?also, earnestly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.162 : I wil my stile dresse To write forþe þe story by and by Of newe Troye in ordre Ceriously, As myn auctor in latyn..writ.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2240 : For þat counseil in myn oppinioun Is worþi litel..To haue a pris þat cast nat..Þe course of þinges by ordre ceryously.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7582 : First..he telleþ of þe fiȝt..And ceriously, he tolde eke of þe kyng.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)333 : The lyne Ran From kyng to kyng be successioun, Conveying doun þe stok of Amphyoun Cereously be lyne al discent.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.976 : For that Bochas..Writ hir compleynt in ordre ceriousli..I folwe muste.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)5442 : There nannys [read: namys] by and by Be rehersed ceriously In the Rose.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)78/38 : All thes thinges þat ar thus seriosly shewed ar do anenste God in a poynte.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Guy (LdMisc 683)305 : They told hym firste in ordre ceryously Harald Harderne..Was goon to seke the sone off Guy.
- a1500 Scrope DSP (Trin-C O.5.6)194/25 : [Bod: Þere come lettres..of the whiche the tenure] folowith seriouslie as it was.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.185 : Thise marchauntz han hym told of dame Custaunce So greet noblesse in ernest ceriously [vrr. keriously, so curiously, certeinly].
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)957 : The kyng..al this thing be ordre gan aduerte, Ceriously be good avisement, And..Conceyueth..It was him-silf that Iocasta mente.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1439 : The thridde goddesse was Venus..Doughtre..To saturne..As ye shal here ceriously, Conceyved wonder straungely.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.28 : Remembre wele on olde January Whiche maister Chauuceres ful seriously descryvethe. (c)
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1449 : Þe kyng had herkned ceryously Þentent of Iason.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)153/30 : Than þe preste whech wrot þis tretys..red þe mater beforn wretyn meche mor seryowslech & expressiowslech þan it is wretyn in þis tretys..for he had not ryth cler mende of þe sayd mater whan he wrot þis tretys, & þerfor he wrot þe lesse þerof.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7416 : Bryhtnesse..she hadde ful excellently, As men moun seen þat sereously Hyr legende reed.
- c1500(1463) Ashby Pris.(Trin-C R.3.19)313 : Goo forth, lytyll boke..To folk troubelyd..Redyng thys tretyse forth ceryously..they shall fynde grace..To comfortable entent.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(1439) Lydg.Sts.AA (Lnsd 699)23 : Whos liff to write of…I am bareyn, His [Albon's] hih perfection ceriously to telle.
Note: if (b), PS