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wightly

wightly adverb: swiftly; nimbly; quickly.

Adverb

wightly (comparative more wightly, superlative most wightly)

  1. (obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
    • Þanne drede went wiȝtliche · and warned þe fals / And bad hym flee for fere · and his felawes alle.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II

Forms of wightly

comparativemore wightly
superlativemost wightly

Origin of wightly

From wight + -ly.

Questions about wightly

What does wightly mean?
Wightly means swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
What part of speech is wightly?
Wightly is an adverb.

Words near wightly in the dictionary

  1. wiggs
  2. wiggy
  3. Wighill
  4. wight
  5. wighteone
  6. wightly
  7. Wightman
  8. Wightman axiom
  9. Wightman axioms
  10. wightmanite
  11. Wightmans

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