fonly

F4O1N1L1Y4
/ˈfɒnli/

adverb

foolishly

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Meanings

adverbfonly (comparative more fonly, superlative most fonly)

comparative more fonly · superlative most fonly

  1. obsoletefoolishly

    All were it of my foe, then fonly pitied

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Origin

From fon + -ly.

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APA

fonly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonly

MLA

“fonly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fonly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonly.

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