anticly

American

[an-tik-lee] / ˈæn tɪk li /

adverb

in an antic manner.

Etymology

Origin of anticly

First recorded in 1550–60; antic + -ly

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anticly

He was anticly habited; but he cannot disguise himself from me, God be praised! as I can from him.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

"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 How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)

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