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halfly

halfly adverb: half.

Adverb

halfly

  1. (obsolete) Half.
    • So holy that him there, they halfely deifide.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
    • [S]eeing that Gods all-fillingneſs cannot be halv'd, but is vvhat is is vvholly, and this is vvhat it is halfly, it follovvs, That becauſe this Being cannot reach half of it, or all of it, it can reach none at all of it.1674, N[athaniel] Fairfax, chapter VI, in A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World. Wherein the Greatness, Littleness and Lastingness of Bodies are Freely Handled. […], London: […] Robert...

Questions about halfly

What does halfly mean?
Halfly means half.
What part of speech is halfly?
Halfly is an adverb.

Words near halfly in the dictionary

  1. halfing
  2. halflife
  3. halfling
  4. halflings
  5. halflives
  6. halfly
  7. Halfmann
  8. Halfmanns
  9. halfmaximal
  10. halfmens
  11. halfmer

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