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Folily

Fol′i-ly

,
Adj.
Foolishly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


folily

folily

English

Adverb

folily (comparative more folily, superlative most folily)

  1. (obsolete) foolishly
    • 1387, Chaucer, “v. 7061”, in The Tale of Melibee:
      ...for thynges that been folily doon, and that been in hope of Fortune, shullen nevere come to good ende.