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footly en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīċ (“on foot, pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + -ly.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.
   • It has been officially confirmed that this refers to the four-legged variety and is in no way connected with any footly revival of Aneurin Bevan's previous detection about the place of two-legged dextral vermin. 1971 June 3, New Scientist:
2. (nonce-word, not-comparable) Pedestrian; on foot.
   • All footly were the Illiterates, […] 1906, The Strand Magazine:

footly en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīċ (“on foot, pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + -ly.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In a footly manner; by foot.
   • Oh! foot it featly, and feat it footly, and dance and sing, and tootle-ty ting!" 1902, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Captain January: