Felly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfÉ›li/

Middle English fely, from Old English felge, dative of felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgǭ (cf. East Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥g̑ʰ- (cf. Polish płoza 'sliding iron', Old Church Slavonic plĭzati 'to creep, crawl').

Full definition of felly

Noun

1. The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes.
• 1602, by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2 lines 426-430:all you Gods,
  In generall Synod take away her power:
  Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele ....
• 1922, James Joyce, :The felly harshed against the curbstone: stopped.

Alternative forms

• felloe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfÉ›lli/, /ˈfÉ›li/

From fell + -ly.

Adverb

1. (now rare) Fiercely, harshly.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:Ioues dreaded thunder light
  Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste
  In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste.----