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snelly

  • /ˈsnɛli/

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From Middle English snelly, snellych, snellik, snellich, from Old English snellīċe (“rapidly, quickly, with activity”), from snellīċ (“moving quickly; swift”), equivalent to snell + -ly.

adverb more snelly · most snelly

  1. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly The snaw drives snelly through the dale.
  2. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, in speech sharply; severely; tartly; curtly

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"snelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snelly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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snelly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snelly

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"snelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snelly.

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@misc{snelly_2026,
  title = {snelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}