wizardlyadj.
/ˈwɪzədli/, U.S. /ˈwɪzərdli/ Now rare.
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a wizard or wizardry.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective]
witchOE
wielfulc1275
magica1393
superstitiousc1425
diabolic1485
magicala1492
prestigious?1534
sorcerous1546
witching1567
wizardly1588
wizard1638
stoicheiotical1646
witchcraftical1676
maleficious1684
Arabian-night1808
Magian1818
wizard-like1859
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 23 O wyzardly dreame of dreames!
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. N2 v No wizardly Astronomer of them all euer dreamd of anie such Calculations.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. iv. 629 By wisardly and deuillish practises to vp-hold his owne greatnesse.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 376 Divers feigned Miracles, accompanied with some Wisardly Unsoothsayings.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 25 I count the Jewish wizzardly fable not here worth the relating.
1893 Scribner's Mag. May 597/2 A power which seemed sometimes to have a touch of the weird and wizardly in it.
1913 J. Hooper Souvenir of George Borrow Celebr. 14 Sergeant Bagge's encounter with the wizardly creature.
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adj.1588