different between wishly vs wisly

wishly

English

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of wistly.

Adverb

wishly (comparative more wishly, superlative most wishly)

  1. (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 [transl. justement] fixeth his sight, and thereon he resolveth without looking elsewhere.

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wisly

English

Etymology

From Middle English wisly (certainly), equivalent to wis +? -ly.

Adverb

wisly (comparative more wisly, superlative most wisly)

  1. (rare, dialectal, obsolete) Certainly; surely.

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