tarrily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tarry +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

tarrily (comparative more tarrily, superlative most tarrily)

  1. In a tarry manner.
    • 1930, Arthur Alexander Thomson, Let's See the Lowlands, page 78:
      [] flushed cheeks and tarry hands? Let us hope that Charlotte's chintzes did not suffer too tarrily.