chaffily

adv — 2 senses

chaffily

adv

Etymology From chaffy + -ly.

1

Rare In the manner of chaff.

He wanted to chew the milky grains— / But none broke chaffily free from their pockets.1997, Ted Hughes, “Midas”, in Tales from Ovid, pages 202-203:

2

Obsolete, Rare In a bantering or ridiculing manner.

This [hell] is where Chaucer also chaffily places the Friars.1869, Ballad Society, First Report, page 251, footnote:

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