defly

English

Adverb

defly (comparative more defly, superlative most defly)

1. Obsolete form of deftly.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     They dauncen deffly, and singen soote,
     In their merimen

References

• “defly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Fylde