Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By a pledge or contract.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete In a handfast or publicly pledged manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb obsolete In a handfast or publicly pledged manner. - Holinshed

Etymologies

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handfast +‎ -ly

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