Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Swiftly; nimbly; quickly; vigorously; boldly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
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Examples
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And upon the morn early, in the dawning of the day, as knights looked out, they saw the city of Benwick besieged round about; and fast they began to set up ladders, and then they defied them out of the town, and beat them from the walls wightly.
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And anon the king called upon his knights, squires, and yeomen, and charged them wightly to fetch his noble lords and wise bishops unto him.
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Out of this world wightly thou wan, thou didst win, or make
England's Antiphon MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 1868
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And anon the king called upon his knights, squires, and yeomen, and charged them wightly to fetch his noble lords and wise bishops unto him.
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And upon the morn early, in the dawning of the day, as knights looked out, they saw the city of Benwick besieged round about; and fast they began to set up ladders, and then they defied them out of the town, and beat them from the walls wightly.
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