lyfly

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Middle English

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Adjective

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lyfly

  1. lively

Adverb

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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, [...]
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