Meaning

(rare) Cleverly; smartly; bravely; quickly; speedily; soon..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare) Cleverly; smartly; bravely; quickly; speedily; soon.
2. (of ocean tides) At each tide; each time the tide comes in; tidally.

Example Sentences

You have lately (as appeareth by your Indices of sicknesse, and so many other novels) very tidely playde the bees part; and so continue as you love me, or your selfe; [...]

So many to die, the year turns tidely, time takes all, [...]

Their favourite stations are where there is a large extent of sandy shore, interspersed with scalps, or beds of muscles or other shell fish. These are generally uneven in their surface, or are interspersed with pools, which contain, breed, or tidely receive from the ocean, various molusca and marine animals, furnishing a favourite food to the birds.

On stones and sea-weeds between tide-marks. Sometimes parasitical on Zostera marina. It is very abundant on some parts of the Solway at low-water mark on a stony bottom, and becomes a great nuisance to the stake-nets, which require to be tidely cleared from the quantity that is caught by them.

The discovery of an Iron Age settlement at Balad Seet, an oasis on the northern side of the Hajar mountains which was tidely connected with Hamra on its southern side is of major surprise.

Word Forms

• more tidely
• most tidely

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When Should You Use Tidely?

Use tidely when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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