wightly

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English

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Etymology

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From wight +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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wightly (comparative more wightly, superlative most wightly)

  1. (obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
      Þanne drede went wiȝtliche · and warned þe fals / And bad hym flee for fere · and his felawes alle.
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