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Definition of Ferly
1. a. Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.
Definition of Ferly
1. Noun. (obsolete) Astonishment, surprise, wonder, wonderfulness, unexpected. ¹
2. Noun. (context: obsolete in the phrase "no ferly") No wonder, not surprisingly. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Unexpected, sudden, terrible, amazing, great or numerous, very. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferly
1. ferlie [n -LIES] - See also: ferlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferly
Literary usage of Ferly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"ferly observed and identified by the Barao do Castello de 'aiva in April 1800,
though the little pi. found on the Mount road about the Valle in 1837 and ..."
2. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, George Powell McNeill, Aeneas James George Mackay (1893)
"20 And that me thocht ane ferly cace. The tod wes reid, ... defend hir : And
thiss me thocht ane ferly cace. ..."
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