primely

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UK/ˈpɹʌɪmli/

adverb

Primarily.

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Meanings

adverbprimely (comparative more primely, superlative most primely)

comparative more primely · superlative most primely

  1. Primarily.

    it will be primely to the discouragement of all learning, and the stop of Truth, not only by disexercising and blunting our abilities in what we know already, but by hindring and cropping the discovery that might bee yet further made both in religious and civill Wisdome.

    1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
  2. In a prime manner; very well; extremely; excellently.

Origin

From prime + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Irymple
Cite this entry
APA

primely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primely

MLA

“primely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primely. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primely,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primely.

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