footly
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīċ (“on foot, pedestrian”), equivalent to foot + -ly.
Adjective edit
footly (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.
- 1971 June 3, New Scientist:
- 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.
- (nonce word) Pedestrian; on foot.
- 1906, The Strand Magazine:
- All footly were the Illiterates, […]
Adverb edit
footly (not comparable)
- 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!"