Lickedy
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Fast, nimble, spry.
"But he forgot to stay to the outside and he'd mingle, sniffing and snuffling with the warm cows and the lickedy calves and he'd grow sleepy and slow in there with them and heady with the smell of milk and pink skin and he'd rock slowly on his feet drunk with remembering or he'd fold his limbs and let the grass make his belly damp and […]"
- 1 Alternative form of lickety. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"But he forgot to stay to the outside and he'd mingle, sniffing and snuffling with the warm cows and the lickedy calves and he'd grow sleepy and slow in there with them and heady with the smell of milk and pink skin and he'd rock slowly on his feet drunk with remembering or he'd fold his limbs and let the grass make his belly damp and […]"
Etymology
From licked + -y.
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