Definition of "metely" [mete•ly]

• According to measure or proportion. (adjective)

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• ""Oh, Phyllis is a metely fair cook, when she will give her mind thereto," said Alexandra with a patronising air, and a little toss of her head -- a gesture to which that young lady was much addicted."
• "That He shall make me safe at last, if I do my duty, and pay my dues to the Church, and shrive me [confess sins to a priest] metely oft, and so forth?"
• ""Seemed to me I could put up with hard fare o 'that sort metely well.""