trimly

adverb

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Etymology: Etymology tree English trim Middle English -ly English -ly English trimly From trim + -ly.

In a trim manner; neatly, smartly.
“[W]hen the fight vvas done, / VVhen I vvas dry with rage and extreme toil, / Breathleſs and faint, leaning upon my ſvvord, / Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dreſs’d, / Freſh as a bridegroom […]”
“[T]ell me vvhy / VVith vveeping Eyes ſo oft I ſpy / His VVhiſkers curl'd, and Shoo-ſtrings ty'd, / A nevv Toledo by his Side, / In Shoulder-belt so trimly plac'd, / VVith Band so nicely ſmooth'd and lac'd.”
Effectively, handily, nicely, thoroughly, soundly, well.
“And it is sayde both moste trimly and truly in the Epistle to the Hebreues, as we heard afore: If ye be not vnder correction, (wherof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes.”
“1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 104-106, […] a merry winters tale would drive away the time trimly, come I am sure you are not without a score.”