Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Truly; faithfully; loyally.
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- adverb obsolete
Loyally .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'No, no: don't you tlust in my God? do you think He would leally let me die?'
The Purple Cloud 1906
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In this manner, we should leally bdseve, that no right-thinkins: person could contemplate the operation of thetallot, without beins: convinced that it must have added enormously to the amount cf pauperism.
The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions Calculated to ... 1812
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Allee same, me not so leally; and me do allee can fol you on q.t. "
A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas Harry Collingwood 1886
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"AVhether they leally undergo the agonies they appear to sufftr, I much doubt, as at this period their minds ap - pear idiotiili ■ ■) they often Ihriek out with a vehemence that may be heard at a considerable distance, but upon inquiring about the seat of pain, they have been vague and indeci - hive in their answers.
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