soly

See also: Sóly

English

Adverb

soly (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of solely.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Seeing her selfe all soly succourlesse.

   • 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     For Venus selfe doth soly couples seeme, / Both male and female through commixture ioynd.

Anagrams

• loys, lyso-, soyl