Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11950 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vainelyvainly

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 659 times in 360 works
Consistency: 98.3% (659 of 670)
Reach if approved: ~705 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vainly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 671 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (659 changes in 360 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 659)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for any intermiſſion of time, to be ſpent as it were a little more vainelyvainly or careleſly than other. Paul ſpeakes of being giuen vnto euery good worke continually …
With rule
… for any intermiſſion of time, to be ſpent as it were a little more vainelyvainly or careleſly than other. Paul ſpeakes of being giuen vnto euery good worke continually …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… houſhold of faith with right beleeuers, knocked at the doore, to wit, by glorying vainelyvainly in that which they had not; after the good man of the houſe had …
With rule
… houſhold of faith with right beleeuers, knocked at the doore, to wit, by glorying vainelyvainly in that which they had not; after the good man of the houſe had …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then in your firſt aunſvver, Pag 30. Hovv vainelyvainly do you aske vs for Scriptures to proue theſe orders, ſeeing I expreſlie called …
With rule
Then in your firſt aunſvver, Pag 30. Hovv vainelyvainly do you aske vs for Scriptures to proue theſe orders, ſeeing I expreſlie called …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… example, or taketh euer the more héede, by an others dainger. Iulius was moſt vainelyvainly occupyed. Cicero ſought to bee eloquent. But what was the end of their trauell …
With rule
… example, or taketh euer the more héede, by an others dainger. Iulius was moſt vainelyvainly occupyed. Cicero ſought to bee eloquent. But what was the end of their trauell …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… hypocriſie ſuch and ſo great, by multiplying al…a…s to ſin againſt God, vainelyvainly and ſinfully through their hypocriſie, abuſing his name.
With rule
… hypocriſie ſuch and ſo great, by multiplying al…a…s to ſin againſt God, vainelyvainly and ſinfully through their hypocriſie, abuſing his name.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they apes of the auncient fathers, whose doctrine we doe truely follow, as they vainelyvainly imitate and in imitation falsely peruert their examples. That the communion booke is an …
With rule
… they apes of the auncient fathers, whose doctrine we doe truely follow, as they vainelyvainly imitate and in imitation falsely peruert their examples. That the communion booke is an …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I looke vpon them againe, and although I did not two yeares (as you vainelyvainly imagine) nor yet two daies, conſider of that one ſaying, yet can I not …
With rule
… I looke vpon them againe, and although I did not two yeares (as you vainelyvainly imagine) nor yet two daies, conſider of that one ſaying, yet can I not …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long will ye loue vanity and follow after lyes? Yet, if wee haue thus vainelyvainly miſpent the time of our darkeneſſe; Let vs at the command of Chriſt, caſt …
With rule
… long will ye loue vanity and follow after lyes? Yet, if wee haue thus vainelyvainly miſpent the time of our darkeneſſe; Let vs at the command of Chriſt, caſt …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 439 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… colour fades and becomes blackish: So in the spirituall, the mind growes tumid & swelling: VainelyVainly puft vp with a fleshly mind: the faire colour of profession gone: vvalking as …
With rule
… colour fades and becomes blackish: So in the spirituall, the mind growes tumid & swelling: VainelyVainly puft vp with a fleshly mind: the faire colour of profession gone: vvalking as …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 368 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… of some, who intruded themselves into Things which they had not seene, and were VainelyVainly puff'd up by a fleshly Minde. And hee himselfe complaineth of Others, who were …
With rule
… of some, who intruded themselves into Things which they had not seene, and were VainelyVainly puff'd up by a fleshly Minde. And hee himselfe complaineth of Others, who were …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 462 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… to the people, that they may be able to diſcerne the things that differ. VainelyVainly is the abilitie deſired, if there be no libertie permitted to vſe it. Thinke …
With rule
… to the people, that they may be able to diſcerne the things that differ. VainelyVainly is the abilitie deſired, if there be no libertie permitted to vſe it. Thinke …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 541 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that if any corner he finde corruption raigning, hee may ſtriue to mortifie it. VainelyVainly ſhall we flatter our ſelues in opinion of ſanctitie, except wee bee in meaſure …
With rule
… that if any corner he finde corruption raigning, hee may ſtriue to mortifie it. VainelyVainly ſhall we flatter our ſelues in opinion of ſanctitie, except wee bee in meaſure …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 571 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
VainelyVainly employed; see the Student poore
With rule
VainelyVainly employed; see the Student poore
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Exposition of Colossians A21260

Printed
VainelyVainly, without cauſe or matter for which hee ſhould bee ſo ſwelling and proud through …
With rule
VainelyVainly, without cauſe or matter for which hee ſhould bee ſo ſwelling and proud through …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 707 · Open in the reader

Sermon Concerning Swearing A61835

Printed
… how? not irreverently in Communication, as appeares by the words following; not at all VainelyVainly under any Forme whatsoever, as he further illustrates this generall Prohibition, neither by God …
With rule
… how? not irreverently in Communication, as appeares by the words following; not at all VainelyVainly under any Forme whatsoever, as he further illustrates this generall Prohibition, neither by God …
William Strode · Sermon Concerning Swearing · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

Printed
… corne and tares; which yet muſt not be weeded out, vntill harueſt be come. VainelyVainly therefore doe they labour to ſeeke pure aſſemblies; albeit if they would looke into …
With rule
… corne and tares; which yet muſt not be weeded out, vntill harueſt be come. VainelyVainly therefore doe they labour to ſeeke pure aſſemblies; albeit if they would looke into …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 128 · Open in the reader