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Wishly vs Wisly - What's the difference?

wishly | wisly |

As adverbs the difference between wishly and wisly

is that wishly is steadfastly; intently while wisly is certainly; surely.

wishly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (obsolete, dialect) Steadfastly; intently.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.4:
  • *:To die seemeth unto him a naturall and indifferent accident: thereon he wishly fixeth his sight, and thereon he resolveth without looking elsewhere.

    • wisly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (rare, dialectal, or, obsolete) certainly; surely.