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▪ I. weirdly, a. Sc.|ˈwɪədlɪ| [f. weird n. + -ly1.] 1. Favoured by fate, happy, prosperous.
1807Hogg Mtn. Bard Poet. Wks. 1838 II. 211 Harden was a weirdly man. 1819― Jacobite Relics II. 189 In thy bien and weirdly nook Lie some stout Clan-Gillian banes. 2. Pertaining to, or suggestive of, witchcraft or the supernatural.
1831Hogg Magic Mirror in Blackw. Mag. XXX. 650 A hill for weirdly deeds renowned. 1858Masson Milton I. 538 In such studies and weirdly phantasies let the night pass. 1880J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 19 (E.D.D.) Though a warlock had waggit his weirdly wand To bring doon the lift on my head. Hence ˈweirdliness.
1859Masson Brit Novelists 243 Passages..to which, for visual weirdliness, there is nothing comparable in the pages of his rival. ▪ II. ˈweirdly, adv. [f. weird a. + -ly2.] In a weird or fantastic manner.
1859Tennyson Elaine 840 Elaine..past beneath the weirdly-sculptured gates. 1861J. Thomson Ladies of Death xx, That face Of subtle loveliness though weirdly pale. 1888A. S. Swan Doris Cheyne iv. 71 A low, moaning wind..waved the bare tree boughs weirdly to and fro. |