lyfly
Middle English
Adverb
lyfly
- in a lifelike manner
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2087:
- Wel couthe he peynten lyfly that it wroghte, [...]
- He who made it well knew how to paint in a life-like manner, [...]
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2087:
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