fonly
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒnli/
Adverb
fonly (comparative more fonly, superlative most fonly)
- (obsolete) foolishly
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
- All were it of my foe, then fonly pitied
References
- “fonly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.