pluckily

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English

Etymology

plucky +‎ -ly

Adverb

pluckily (comparative more pluckily, superlative most pluckily)

  1. In a plucky manner.
    • 1899, Charles Oldham, “The mode in which Bats secure their prey”, in The Zoologist, volume 3, number 700, page 472/473:
      Once, one of the Bats, having seized a large and powerful T. pronuba, brought its feet so far forward that it fell over on to its back, but pluckily held the moth in its pouch until it was secured.
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