ficklyadv.
/ˈfɪkl̩(l)i/, /ˈfɪkli/, U.S. /ˈfɪk(ə)li/ Now rare.
In a fickle manner, variably, inconstantly, †deceitfully.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > changeableness > [adverb]
ficklya1300
unconstantlya1542
changefully1615
up and down1643
ticklish1661
titter-totter1673
upon the float1768
titubantly1861
weathercock-wise1874
wimble-wamble1890
rockily1895
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb]
ficklya1300
unconstantlya1542
inconstantly1549
unsteadfastly1559
chameleon-like1589
changefully1615
unsteadily1709
a1300 E.E. Psalter v. 11 With þar tunges fikeli þai dide.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxxiii. 134 Bot Fortowne, þowcht scho fald fekilly Will noucht at anis Myscheffis fall.
1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. Ficklely, inconstamment.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 30 Mar. (1972) VII. 85 Having given her mistress warning fickly.
1721 T. Southerne Spartan Dame (ed. 5) i. i. 15 A present Pow'r, that's fickly held By the frail Tenure of the Peoples Will.
1891 F. Thompson in Merry England Aug. 168 O frankly fickle, and fickly true, Do you know what the days will do to you?
1938 W. de la Mare Memory & Other Poems 29 Fickly the sunset glimmered through the rain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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