Lacily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a lacy manner.

    "[…] all are so daintily, lacily minute that they seem to have been woven by spiders, not carved by men; and yet all, like the leafy designs in relief which surround them, are cut with the freest, most spirited touch."

Example

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"[…] all are so daintily, lacily minute that they seem to have been woven by spiders, not carved by men; and yet all, like the leafy designs in relief which surround them, are cut with the freest, most spirited touch."

Etymology

From lacy + -ly.

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