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adv. 1. Without covering; nakedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without concealment or disguise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Merely; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

R. For now his son is duke.
W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare (of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [ R. ] “Creaturely faculties.” Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dire manner. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely. [ 1913 Webster ]

To highest God entirely pray. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Luxuriously. Nash. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In time to come. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immature manner. Warburion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impure manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an insecure manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., adv. See Entire, a., Entirely, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a leisurely manner. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With caution; deliberately. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Early; soon. [ A Latinism, little used ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, adv. Poorly; thinly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ulysses was to force forth his access,
Though merely naked. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prize not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obscure manner. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a pure manner (in any sense of the adjective). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Nicely; prettily. [ Archaic ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest of the apartments are rarely gilded. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Relied p. pr. & vb. n. Relying. ] [ Pref. re- + lie to rest. ] To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go in thy native innocence; rely
On what thou hast of virtue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To trust; depend; confide; repose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Secretly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. [ 1913 Webster ]

His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sincere manner. Specifically: (a) Purely; without alloy. Milton. (b) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, adv. In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a spare manner; sparingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a square form or manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Becoming a squire; like a squire. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [ R. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Prov. x. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Cautiously; warily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They bound him hand and foot with iron chains,
And with continual watch did warely keep. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]