Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4523 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sliesly

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 316 times in 230 works
Consistency: 100% (316 of 316)
Reach if approved: ~332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 316 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (316 changes in 230 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 316)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… attribute the great afflictions, which after befell Iacob menaced by his brother, to this ſliesly touch of hers, though God drew light out of darknes. Wee haue hereof alſo …
With rule
… attribute the great afflictions, which after befell Iacob menaced by his brother, to this ſliesly touch of hers, though God drew light out of darknes. Wee haue hereof alſo …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
AND thus I paſſe to another of his ſliesly and malitious practiſes, beſide tempting of vs to vtter vnbeliefe and preſumption. For if …
With rule
AND thus I paſſe to another of his ſliesly and malitious practiſes, beſide tempting of vs to vtter vnbeliefe and preſumption. For if …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 422 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fault and follie, and what couldst thou looke for else? The deuill is a sliesly theefe and robber: but he commits not his robbery as other theeues and Burglers …
With rule
… fault and follie, and what couldst thou looke for else? The deuill is a sliesly theefe and robber: but he commits not his robbery as other theeues and Burglers …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall straight rest from my labours, my soule is euen taking her wings to sliesly to her resting place.
With rule
… shall straight rest from my labours, my soule is euen taking her wings to sliesly to her resting place.
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Whereas then the light of Gods word doth dispell the thicke darknes wherwith this sliesly enemie hydeth himselfe, and manifesteth his most pestiferous and deadly poison in some thinges …
With rule
… Whereas then the light of Gods word doth dispell the thicke darknes wherwith this sliesly enemie hydeth himselfe, and manifesteth his most pestiferous and deadly poison in some thinges …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… tentations may prevaile with us, but ſhall not be layd unto our charge. Therefore ſliesly to God for help, cry unto him, and hee will either weaken Satan, and …
With rule
… tentations may prevaile with us, but ſhall not be layd unto our charge. Therefore ſliesly to God for help, cry unto him, and hee will either weaken Satan, and …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mentioned diuers of them. But ſeeing we are here conſtreyned vnto it by your ſliesly and colourable anſwer, therefore can we not but doe it, for the clearer manifeſtation …
With rule
… mentioned diuers of them. But ſeeing we are here conſtreyned vnto it by your ſliesly and colourable anſwer, therefore can we not but doe it, for the clearer manifeſtation …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for lucres sake, by the crafty conueyance of man through the subtile suggestion of sliesly Satan, let the faithfull people of God embrace that sacrifice, that offringe of Christes …
With rule
… for lucres sake, by the crafty conueyance of man through the subtile suggestion of sliesly Satan, let the faithfull people of God embrace that sacrifice, that offringe of Christes …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 244 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.