fitliest
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fitliest
- (rare, literary) superlative form of fitly: most fitly
- 1917 [1612], John Brinsley, edited by E. T. Campagnac, Ludus Literarius: or, the Grammar Schoole, Liverpool: The University Press, page 179:
- If the Theame be of any person, in accusation or defence of them after the manner of declamations, then that their Exordium may be fitliest taken, from the partie himselfe who is accused or defended […]
- 1860 [1667], James R. Boyd (explanatory and critical notes), “Book I”, in John Milton, edited by James R. Boyd, The Paradise Lost (National School Series), New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes & Burr, page 11:
- […] but in a place of utter darkness, fitliest called Chaos […]
- 1840, Robert Browning, “Book the Sixth”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, page 224:
- How dispute the Guelfs were fitliest maintained in rule?