Meanings
adverbwightly (comparative more wightly, superlative most wightly)
comparative more wightly · superlative most wightly
- obsoleteSwiftly; nimbly; quickly.
Þanne drede went wiȝtliche · and warned þe fals / And bad hym flee for fere · and his felawes alle.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II
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wightly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wightly
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“wightly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wightly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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