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wisly

wisly adverb: certainly; surely.

Adverb

wisly (comparative more wisly, superlative most wisly)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) Certainly; surely.

Forms of wisly

comparativemore wisly
superlativemost wisly

Origin of wisly

From Middle English wisly (“certainly”), equivalent to wis + -ly.

Questions about wisly

What does wisly mean?
Wisly means certainly; surely.
What part of speech is wisly?
Wisly is an adverb.

Words near wisly in the dictionary

  1. wiskinkies
  2. wiskostatin
  3. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
  4. Wisler
  5. Wislers
  6. wisly
  7. Wisma Putra
  8. Wisman
  9. Wismans
  10. Wismar
  11. Wismer

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