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188 Amanda Pounder
It is likely that in such contexts, the symmetry of form provided by the conjoined
ly-adverbs provides a certain emphatic quality to the utterance reported or text,
just as the coordinate structure itself is a beloved emphatic device whose appeal is
presumably symmetry: see some examples in (13) with conjoined nouns.
(13) But by cause then we wer sent for to come to th’emperor commissionars,
and our Lettres wer redy written contenyng a longe discurse and declaration off
many mattres … th’emperor entendeth to resigne the Empire unto your Grace,
and to obten your Election by hys procurement and sollicitinge off the Electors
therunto … your Grace hath also shewyd so largely your bounteousnes and
liberalite anenst me that I ougth mo to desire the incresement and augmentation
off your Graces honor … (Tunstall 1517)
This symmetry of form might indeed be one motivation for the appeal of the
type X-ly and Y-ly in other text types as well; this idea is supported by Görlach
(2004: 104), who claims that symmetry, along with rhythm, does play a role in the
choice between alternative structures.
.2 X and Y-ly
The pattern X and Y-ly as in (9b) and examples to follow is mentioned by Knorrek
(1938: 103) as an “occasional pattern” in the seventeenth century. She provides the
examples in (14), all from literary sources.
(14) a. … and then he faithfully and boldly supplieth it, yet seasonable and discreetly
by taking aside the lord or lady (Herbert)
b. … nor I to sell my honour, by living poor and sparingly (Shirley)
c. … for though the satisfaction may be somewhat Drowsy … it strikes smooth
and gently upon the sense (Collier)
To these can be added examples from non-fiction (15) and personal writing (16):
(15) … and he says he is a fish that feeds clean and purely (Walton 1676)
(16) That I am charged, and that deep and widely, with great offence … (Butler 1697)
It is not apparent that this pattern favours any particular text type. It is found in
texts written prior to the seventeenth century as well, and is attested into the nineteenth
century; no obvious dynamics are observable, due to the true occasionality
of use. (17) presents additional examples in chronological order. In all cases, the
writers also use the type X-ly and Y-ly, as indicated previously.
(17) a. I have nought trespassed ageyn noon of these iii, God knowith; and yet I am
foule and noysyngly vexed with hem to my gret unease, and al for my lordes
and frendes (William Paston 3/1/1426)