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frolicly

adv

Etymology

From frolic + -ly.

  1. derived from *frawaz✻
  2. derived from *frawalīkaz✻
  3. derived from frōlīk
  4. derived from vrolijc
  5. derived from vrolijk
  6. suffixed as frolicly — “frolic + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a frolicsome manner

    In a frolicsome manner; gaily or joyfully.

    • Comming to ſee you, I was ſet upon, / I and my men, as we were ſinging frolickly, / Not dreaming of an ambuſh of baſe rogues, / Set on ith' forreſt, [...]
    • After some dys frolicly spent at Bath, he returned to his former temper
    • But, from a banquet that the Gods have blest In men whose spirits are frolicly inclin'd, Perform those rights that propagate thy kind.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA