fairily
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of fairily
Example Sentences
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Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairily well With delicate spire and whorl.
From Voices for the Speechless by Abraham Firth
Outside there was a vivid rose of sunset behind the cold hills of fir, and the long reaches of snowy fields glowed fairily pink in the western light.
From The Golden Road by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Mrs. Fontenette gave a faint gasp of impatience and left us at a run, tripping fairily across the rough street at the only point visible to those on the veranda.
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
V. 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 gay40 Of old romance.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by M. (Margaret) Robertson
Refreshments were offered to us as to friends, and we lunched fairily upon little dishes of rose leaves, delicately preserved, with all their fragrance, in a "lucent sirup."
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
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