anticly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of anticly
Example Sentences
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In a long-ago blog post he anticly described his two hands competing to see who could learn to trill better, with Right Hand unkindly driving Left Hand to despair with his superiority.
From Washington Post
"Ha, none of that, you woolly-coated rogue, you," he cried, as he jumped aside to escape a kick that the bunch of equine mischief anticly snapped at him.
From Project Gutenberg
This day Abdalla Khan waited on the prince with a gallant equipage, himself and servants being anticly apparelled, yet soldier-like, according to their fashion.
From Project Gutenberg
He was anticly habited; but he cannot disguise himself from me, God be praised! as I can from him.
From Project Gutenberg
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