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flintily

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English

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Etymology

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From flinty +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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flintily (comparative more flintily, superlative most flintily)

  1. 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.