"anticly" meaning in English

See anticly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: more anticly [comparative], most anticly [superlative], antickly [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English antic Middle English -ly English -ly English anticly From antic + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|antic|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English antic Middle English -ly English -ly English anticly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "anticly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="anticly"> From antic + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} anticly (comparative more anticly, superlative most anticly)
  1. In an odd or grotesque manner.

Alternative forms

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