Meaning & use
Yarely
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Quickly, briskly, or promptly; in a nimble, ready manner (archaic, chiefly nautical).
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'Yarely, yarely!' the boatswain shouted, urging the crew to move quickly in the storm.
The old sailor still moved yarely about the deck despite his age.
A note on using this word
Yarely appears famously in the opening storm scene of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and survives today mainly in nautical or historical fiction.
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sluggishly
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