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fairily

American  
[fair-uh-lee] / ˈfɛər ə li /

adverb

  1. in a manner suggestive of fairies; delicately.


Etymology

Origin of fairily

First recorded in 1860–65; fairy + -ly

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 Firth, Abraham

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 Howells, William Dean

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 Cable, George Washington

Cease, cease, Ellen, my little one, Warbling so fairily close to my ear; Why should you choose, of all songs that are haunting me, This that I made for your mother to hear?

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

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 Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

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