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Webster 1913 Edition


Wightly

Wight′ly

,
adv.
Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wightly

WIGHTLY

,
adv.
Swiftly; nimbly.

Definition 2024


wightly

wightly

English

Adverb

wightly (comparative more wightly, superlative most wightly)

  1. (obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
      Þanne drede went wiȝtliche · and warned þe fals / And bad hym flee for fere · and his felawes alle.