fairily

[ fair-uh-lee ]

adverb

1. in a manner suggestive of fairies; delicately.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fairily¹

First recorded in 1860–65; fairy + -ly

Example Sentences

I am sure Edith, and Daisy, and sweet little Bailey, would go straightway down to their beautiful Glen, to hunt up the fairies that no doubt live there hidden under the ferns and mosses, so fairily fine and delicate.

From Project Gutenberg

“See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as a pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, 291 Made so fairily well With delicate spire and whorl, How exquisitely minute, A miracle of design!”

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V. At length burst in the argent revelry, With plume, tiara, and all rich array, Numerous as shadows haunting fairily The brain, new stuff'd, in youth, with triumphs gay40 Of old romance.

From Project Gutenberg

See what a lovely shell, Small and pure as a pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairily well With delicate spire and whorl, How exquisitely minute, A miracle of design!

From Project Gutenberg

Let us sing, Breathing softly, fairily, Swelling sweetly, airily, Till earth and sky our echo ring.

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