† froliclyadv.
Obsolete.
In a frolic manner; mirthfully.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adverb]
trenchmore1577
frolicly1592
ahoit1598
hoity-toity1734
rollickingly1842
friskily1862
tricksily1866
frolicsomely1874
prankishly1883
larkingly1896
daffingly1902
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. G2 A mad merrie crue..leping ouer the field as frolikly as if they ought not all the world two pence.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1102 The Fox..very froliquely being delivered from their [fleas'] molestation..swims to land.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 492 But, after some days frolickly spent at Bath, he return'd to his former temper.
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