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espleitalment (1260-70)
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espleitalment (1260-70)

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esplaitaument,  espletalment,  esploitamment  
  FEW:  explicitum 3,311b Gdf:  esploitalment 3,537c GdfC: ∅ TL: esploitaument 3,1222 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  exploitamment  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

promptly, speedily: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Espleitalment & volunters Face qe li est comandez  Man pechez 1573
( 1333 )  Le roi voet qe ses justices [...] facent espleitalment dreit as parties  Rot Parl2 229
♦expeditiously: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  curust avaunt [...] E se (l. s’en) entremist mut esplaytaument  S Fran ANTS 5156
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