Fastly

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1
In a secure or firm manner; securely
We tied the rope fastly this time; we didn't want it to get away again.
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fast firmly securely
2
quickly
A reuerend man that graz’d his cattell ny, / Sometime a bluſterer that the ruffle knew / Of Court of Cittie, and had let go by / The ſwifteſt houres obſerued as they flew, / Towards this afflicted fancy faſtly drew: / And priuiledg’d by age deſires to know / In breefe the grounds and motiues of her wo.

Word Origin

From Middle English fastly, fastliche, festliche, from Old English fæstlīċe (“firmly, constantly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkē, from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkê (“securely, firmly”); equiv...

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Fastly

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1
In a secure or firm manner; securely
We tied the rope fastly this time; we didn't want it to get away again.
Similar
fast firmly securely
2
quickly
A reuerend man that graz’d his cattell ny, / Sometime a bluſterer that the ruffle knew / Of Court of Cittie, and had let go by / The ſwifteſt houres obſerued as they flew, / Towards this afflicted fancy faſtly drew: / And priuiledg’d by age deſires to know / In breefe the grounds and motiues of her wo.

Word Origin

From Middle English fastly, fastliche, festliche, from Old English fæstlīċe (“firmly, constantly”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkē, from Proto-West Germanic *fastulīkê (“securely, firmly”); equiv...

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