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Feet vs Footly - What's the difference?

feet | footly |

As a noun feet

is (foot).

As an adjective footly is

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.

As an adverb footly is

in a footly manner; by foot.

feet

English

Noun

(head)
  • (foot).
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
  • (lb) Fact; performance; feat.

    • Derived terms

    * a closed mouth gathers no feet * crow's-feet * cubic feet * drag one's feet * fall on one's feet * fall over one's feet * feet first * feet of clay * feet first * feetless * feetlong * find one's feet * flat feet * get cold feet * get one's feet wet * have one's feet on the ground * hold someone's feet to the fire * itchy feet * land on one's feet * metric feet * on one's feet * out on one's feet * put one's feet up * puppy feet * quick on his feet * six feet under * stand on one's own two feet * stocking-feet * think on one's feet * two left feet * vote with one's feet * washing of feet * See also

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    footly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.
  • * 1971 , New Scientist - Jun 3, 1971:
    • It has been officially confirmed that this refers to the four-legged variety and is in no way connected with any footly revival of Aneurin Bevan's previous detection about the place of two-legged dextral vermin.
  • Pedestrian; on foot.
  • * 1906 , The strand magazine:
    • All footly were the Illiterates, [...]

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a footly manner; by foot.
  • * 1902 , Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Captain January :
    • Oh! foot it featly, and feat it footly , and dance and sing, and tootle-ty ting!"