• Footly

    Origin

    From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīc ("on foot, pedestrian"), equivalent to foot + -ly.

    Full definition of footly

    Adjective

    footly

    1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.
      • 1971, New Scientist - Jun 3, 1971:It has been officially confirmed that this refers to the four-legged variety and is in no way connected with any footly revival of Aneurin Bevan's previous detection about the place of two-legged dextral vermin.
    2. Pedestrian; on foot.
      • 1906, The strand magazine:All footly were the Illiterates, ...

    Adverb

    footly

    1. In a footly manner; by foot.
      • 1902, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Captain January:Oh! foot it featly, and feat it footly, and dance and sing, and tootle-ty ting!"
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