Definition of Deafly

1. adv. Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

2. a. Lonely; solitary.

Definition of Deafly

1. Adverb. In a deaf manner; without the aid of a sense of hearing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deafly

1. in a deaf manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deafly

deafenings
deafens
deafer
deafest
deafferent
deafferentation
deafferentation pain
deafferentations
deafferented
deafferenting
deafferents
deaffrication
deafie
deafies
deafish
deafly (current term)
deafmute
deafmutes
deafmutisms
deafness
deafnesses
deagglomerate
deagglomerated
deagglomerates
deagglomerating
deagglomeration
deagglomerations
deair
deaired

Literary usage of Deafly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1800)
"... in the family of Luco, among fourteen children, four are deafly-dumb, and each third ... and motion in the deafly-dumb. The latter part is peculiarly ..."

2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Deaf-nut, a nut with a decayed kernel ; deaf-corn, blasted corn, &c. Also, to deafen, as in Heywood'« Iron Age, sig. H. iv. deafly. Lonely, solitary. North. ..."

3. The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and by Andrew Kippis, William Godwin, George Robinson (1809)
"... System of Symbols for the use and instruction of the deafly-dumb : by JM ... director of the institution for instructing the deafly-dumb at Vienna, ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"deafly [di-h'ni], adj. lonely. Wh. 01. ; Mid. Deary [di'h'ri], interj., adj., and вЪ. dear; gen. 'Deary me! ..."

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