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Felly vs Felty - What's the difference?

felly | felty |

As a noun felly

is the outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes.

As an adverb felly

is fiercely, harshly.

As an adjective felty is

of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.

felly

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) fely, from (etyl) felge, dative of felg, from (etyl) 'to creep, crawl').

Noun

(fellies)
  • The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes.
  • * 1602 , , act 2 scene 2 lines 426-430:
    • all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele [...].
  • * 1922 , :
    • The felly harshed against the curbstone: stopped.

    Alternative forms

    * felloe

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Fiercely, harshly.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • Ioues'' dreaded thunder light / Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste / In flaming ''Phlegeton does not so felly roste.
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    felty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt