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Definition of "wightly" [wight•ly]

  • Swiftly; nimbly; quickly. (adverb)

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Use "wightly" in a sentence
  • "And upon the morn early, in the dawning of the day, as knights looked out, they saw the city of Benwick besieged round about; and fast they began to set up ladders, and then they defied them out of the town, and beat them from the walls wightly."
  • "And anon the king called upon his knights, squires, and yeomen, and charged them wightly to fetch his noble lords and wise bishops unto him."
  • "Out of this world wightly thou wan, thou didst win, or make"
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