nittily

English

Etymology

nitty +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪtɪli/

Adverb

nittily (comparative more nittily, superlative most nittily)

1. (obsolete) In a nitty manner; lousily.
   • a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:

     hee was a man nittily needy and therefore aduentrous, esteemed, but an idel fellow

References

“nittily”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.