Friday, June 24, 2011

yarely

yarely \YAIR-lee\, adverb:

With quickness or agility.

"Eat with despatch," he said, "and follow me yarely to mine house."
-- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
There was a further commotion as the King insisted on leaving his place to descend to the gravel of the tilt-yard, where he called for stretcher-bearers and a doctor to come yarelyyarely!
-- Joanna Dessau, Take Now, Pay Later

Yarely is based on the Old English word gearu, meaning "ready."