felly
1 Americannoun
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fellies
plural
adverb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of felly1
Middle English felien (plural), variant of felwe felloe
Origin of felly2
First recorded in 1250–1300, felly is from the Middle English word felliche; see fell 3, -ly
Vocabulary lists containing felly
Example Sentences
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Luk at thot felly down there under the hatch.
From The Grain Ship by Morgan Robertson
Well, well, I'm an old felly who's had his day.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
"Ah, no," she laughed, "Joe's been here every day to see when you would be working, and when Joe don't come the other felly comes to see when you'll let him off!"
From Fairfax and His Pride by Marie Van Vorst
When the Foyles' dander is riz it ain't size that's goin' to stop wan o' that name from pitchin' into an' wallopin' the biggest felly that iver stepped.
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Alice B. Emerson
She was afther fallin' in love wid a young felly that done ditchin' an' they were to be marr'd whin he got his house done an' his father gev him a cow.
From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally
I saw her meet-up with fine young fellies in the East; I could see they admired her—but she turned them down easily.
From Money Magic A Novel by Hamlin Garland
Them fellies 've all gone off up ahead, a-leavin' this yere hind end without a sign of a man'r a flag to take keer of it.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
"They are the bullyingest, meanestest, lyingest fellies as ever I heard of," replied the boots.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
May your fellies be strong, the chariots, and their horses, may your reins be well-fashioned.
From Sacred Books of the East by Various
Wagon wheels, tireless, their fellies falling apart, lay on the ground, and other ruins of great wagons, dried and disjointed now.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
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