flintily
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]flintily (comparative more flintily, superlative most flintily)
- In a flinty manner.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 39:
- He whined softly and went back to his post at the door, his eyes snapping flintily, his teeth bared.