lyfly

Middle English

Adjective

lyfly

1. lively

Adverb

lyfly

1. in a lifelike manner
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2087:

     Wel couthe he peynten lyfly that it wroghte, [...]

     He who made it well knew how to paint in a life-like manner, [...]