Meanings
adverbchaffily (comparative more chaffily, superlative most chaffily)
comparative more chaffily · superlative most chaffily
- rareIn the manner of chaff.
He wanted to chew the milky grains— / But none broke chaffily free from their pockets.
1997, Ted Hughes, “Midas”, in Tales from Ovid, pages 202-203 - obsoleterareIn a bantering or ridiculing manner.
This [hell] is where Chaucer also chaffily places the Friars.
1869, Ballad Society, First Report, page 251, footnote
Origin
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