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fickly, adv. Now rare.|ˈfɪklɪ|
Also 7 ficklely.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a fickle manner, variably, inconstantly, † deceitfully.
a1300E.E. Psalter v. 11 With þar tunges fikeli þai dide. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiii. 134 Bot Fortowne, þowcht scho fald fekilly Will noucht at anis Myscheffis fall. 1660Howell Lexicon, Ficklely, inconstamment. 1666Pepys Diary 30 Mar., Having given her mistress warning fickly. 1721Southerne Spartan Dame i. i, A present pow'r, that's fickly held By the frail tenure of the people's will. 1891F. Thompson in Merry England Aug. 168, O frankly fickle, and fickly true, Do you know what the days will do to you? 1938W. de la Mare Memory 29 Fickly the sunset glimmered through the rain. |