Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6714 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

skilfullyskillfully

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 330 times in 253 works
Consistency: 97.3% (330 of 339)
Reach if approved: ~356 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: skilfully
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 339 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (330 changes in 253 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 330)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Paul requireth, namely, fit to teach, muſt ſo preach, that cutting out directlye and skilfullyskillfully the bread of Gods worde, as the houſholder cutteth out bread to his children …
With rule
… Paul requireth, namely, fit to teach, muſt ſo preach, that cutting out directlye and skilfullyskillfully the bread of Gods worde, as the houſholder cutteth out bread to his children …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 389 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs what it is, and determine the caſes incident to their facultie worthily and skilfullyskillfully; but to ſhew how Debt not duly and ſeaſonably paid, falles heauy vpon a …
With rule
… vs what it is, and determine the caſes incident to their facultie worthily and skilfullyskillfully; but to ſhew how Debt not duly and ſeaſonably paid, falles heauy vpon a …
Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſheweth the Citie to be of glory and trueth inuincible. Such is Diuinitie: being skilfullyskillfully handled.
With rule
… ſheweth the Citie to be of glory and trueth inuincible. Such is Diuinitie: being skilfullyskillfully handled.
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 318 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe he is a miniſter, not to giue the price of redemption (as Auguſtine ſkilfullyskillfully and godlily doth ſpeake it) but to preache. Furthermore otherwiſe doth he now call …
With rule
… becauſe he is a miniſter, not to giue the price of redemption (as Auguſtine ſkilfullyskillfully and godlily doth ſpeake it) but to preache. Furthermore otherwiſe doth he now call …
John Calvin · Commentary on Colossians · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… noiſe vnto the God of Iacob, &c. Sing vnto him a new ſong, play skilfullyskillfully with a lowd noiſe. So the Prophet Eſay, Sing vnto the Lord a new …
With rule
… noiſe vnto the God of Iacob, &c. Sing vnto him a new ſong, play skilfullyskillfully with a lowd noiſe. So the Prophet Eſay, Sing vnto the Lord a new …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weapons of Warre, orderly to march in their due place, wiſely to encampe, and skilfullyskillfully to embattaile. That to be trained up hereto, and well exerciſed herein, is an …
With rule
… weapons of Warre, orderly to march in their due place, wiſely to encampe, and skilfullyskillfully to embattaile. That to be trained up hereto, and well exerciſed herein, is an …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which if for want of skill and dexterity to vſe it well, hee cannot skilfullyskillfully guide, or if his enemies ſeeme too ſtrong and wily for him (through his …
With rule
… which if for want of skill and dexterity to vſe it well, hee cannot skilfullyskillfully guide, or if his enemies ſeeme too ſtrong and wily for him (through his …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that you supposing the person of a bawde was not set foorth lively and skilfullyskillfully enough by Seneca in Phaedras Nurse, had brought in a Nymph to perswade Hippolytus …
With rule
… that you supposing the person of a bawde was not set foorth lively and skilfullyskillfully enough by Seneca in Phaedras Nurse, had brought in a Nymph to perswade Hippolytus …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 102 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

How to Do Good to Many A26939

Printed
To which end you muſt 1. Know who thoſe are, and 2. SkilfullySkillfully and faithfully endeavour it.
With rule
To which end you muſt 1. Know who thoſe are, and 2. SkilfullySkillfully and faithfully endeavour it.
Richard Baxter · How to Do Good to Many · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
SkilfullySkillfully]
With rule
SkilfullySkillfully]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 594 · Open in the reader
Printed
;;SkilfullySkillfully and very wisely to distribute and apply the Gospel (which is by excellency the …
With rule
;;SkilfullySkillfully and very wisely to distribute and apply the Gospel (which is by excellency the …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 672 · Open in the reader