feyly


fey

F0057600 (fā)adj.1. a. Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected: "She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).b. Effeminate: "a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).2. a. Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality: "She's got that fey look as though she's had breakfast with a leprechaun" (Dorothy Burnham).b. Having visionary power; clairvoyant.c. Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.3. Scots a. Fated to die soon.b. Full of the sense of approaching death.
[Middle English feie, fated to die, from Old English fǣge.]
fey′ly adv.

feyly

(ˈfeɪlɪ) advin a fey manner