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startly, a.|ˈstɑːtlɪ|
[f. startle v. + -y.]
= startlish.
1727Bailey vol. II, Startly, apt to start. 1735Dyche & Pardon Dict., Startish or Startly, fearful, timorous, apt to jump, leap, &c. upon every Noise, &c. 1840H. E. Manning Let. in Purcell Life (1895) I. 167 Don't be so startly, or you will frighten me. 1889Gretton Memory's Harkback 148, I soon found that she [a mare] was scared and startly. |