• Warely

    Origin

    Old English wærlice, corresponding to ware + -ly.

    Full definition of warely

    Adverb

    warely

    1. (obsolete) Watchfully; with caution.
      • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:He that betrayed hym, gave them a generall token, sayinge: whosoever I do kisse, he it is, take hym, and leade hym awaye warely.
      • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:Arriued there, the dore they find fast lockt;
        For it was warely watched night and day ....

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