fairily en · ADV
Etymology
From fairy + -ly.
Meanings
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(archaic, poetic) In the manner of a fairy.
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.
1819, John Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza V, page 85:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more fairily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most fairily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |