Middle English Dictionary Entry
ābellī(che adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | ābellī(che adv. Also abli(che, abilly. |
| Etymology | From āble , ābel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In an able manner, competently, effectively; (b) fittingly, suitably, appropriately.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)62a/a : Þat suche a beest may þe more abilliche & eþeliche meue & goo.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)264 : Ȝef that the mayster a prentes haue, Enterlyche thenne that he hym teche..That he the craft abelyche may conne.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7122 : Þus curstly þat knighthode..Voidet þere victory..Þat neuer auntrid hom aftur so ably to wyn.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.237 : Þis grete route..was nouȝt abeliche arayed to fiȝte.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)71/9 : Who myȝt suffre abliche & here þat Fraunceys..ordeyne þe wey..better & more profitabliche þan God.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1577 : By the sydes, for sothe of sotell deuyse, Was archet full Abilly for aylyng of shoures.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13981 : Into Aulida after word abli he come, To his modir full myld.