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English
Etymology 1
From freckle + -y.
Adjective
freckly (comparative frecklier, superlative freckliest)
- Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
Etymology 2
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Adverb
freckly (comparative more freckly, superlative most freckly)
- (obsolete) hurriedly
- boldly; eagerly.
References
- “freckly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “freckly”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.