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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[AS.

f[GREEK]rlic

sudden, unexpected. See

Noun.

]

Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.

[Obs.]

–

Noun.

A wonder; a marvel.

[Obs.]

Who hearkened ever such a

ferly

thing.

Chaucer.

ferly ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) astonishment, surprise, wonder
- 1893, George MacDonald, Heather and Snow:
  “Weel, lassie, I reckon that wasna ony ferly (strange occurrence)!

ferly ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) unexpected, amazing
- 1888, Richard Francis Burton, Arabian Nights, Volume XV, page 113:
Seems ferly fair to all admiring orbs...