Fairily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a fairy. archaic, poetic

    "At length burst in the argent revelry, / With plume, tiara, and all rich array, / Numerous as shadows haunting fairily / The brain, new stuff'd, in youth, with triumphs gay / Of old romance."

Example

More examples

"At length burst in the argent revelry, / With plume, tiara, and all rich array, / Numerous as shadows haunting fairily / The brain, new stuff'd, in youth, with triumphs gay / Of old romance."

Etymology

From fairy + -ly.

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