FICKLY

Etymology

Adverb

fickly (comparative more fickly, superlative most fickly)

(obsolete) In a fickle manner.

Anagrams

• flicky

Source: Wiktionary


Fic"kly, adv.

Definition: In a fickle manner. [Obs.] Pepys.

FICKLE

Fic"kle, a. Etym: [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. ficol, fr. fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. facen deceit, OS. f, OHG. feichan, Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget.]

Definition: Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak. They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden.

Syn.

– Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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