Definitions
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the
foot orfeet . - adjective
Pedestrian ;on foot . - adverb In a footly manner;
by foot .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *fotlich, from Old English fōtlīc ("on foot, pedestrian"), equivalent to foot + -ly.
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Examples
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The painted landscape receding to the horizon showed that wherever the Apostle had already set his foot, communities like miniature Emerald Cities sprung up within the precise outline of his footly influence, from the heel to the sprawl of toes.
Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005
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"Oh! foot it featly, and feat it footly, and dance and sing, and tootle-ty ting!" cried the child, as she flitted like a golden cloud about the room.
Captain January Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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