SPIKILY

Etymology

Adverb

spikily (comparative more spikily, superlative most spikily)

In a spiky way.

Source: Wiktionary


SPIKY

Spik"y, a.

1. Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.

2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. Or by the spiky harrow cleared away. Dyer. The spiky wheels through heaps of carnage tore. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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