English Explanatory Dictionary

plightly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Dangerously; with peril.

Word forms

plightly plightlier more plightly plightliest most plightly

Etymology

From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċ (“dangerous, perilous”), equivalent to plight + -ly.

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