plightly
plightly · plightlier · plightliest
Dangerously; with perilDangerously; with peril.
Meaning
1 sensesDangerously; with peril.
Origin
From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċFrom Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċ (“dangerous, perilous”), equivalent to plight + -ly.
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Forms
plightlier/more plightly, plightliest/most plightly| Comparative | plightlier / more plightly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | plightliest / most plightly |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.