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Scots
Etymology
From Middle English fērlī (“astonishing, surprising, unexpected”), from Old English fǣrliċ (“sudden, unexpected”), equivalent to fear + -ly.
Noun
ferly (uncountable)
- (obsolete) astonishment, surprise, wonder
1893, George MacDonald, Heather and Snow:
Adjective
ferly (not comparable)
- (obsolete) unexpected, amazing
Seems ferly fair to all admiring orbs...- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1888, Richard Francis Burton, Arabian Nights, volume XV, page 113:
Verb
ferly (third-person singular simple present ferlys, present participle ferlyin, simple past ferlyt, past participle ferlyt)
- (obsolete) to wonder, marvel, be surprised