fairily
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of fairily
Example Sentences
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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
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)
Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairily well With delicate spire and whorl.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
Let us sing, Breathing softly, fairily, Swelling sweetly, airily, Till earth and sky our echo ring.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
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