feistily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English feisty

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English feistily

From feisty + -ly.

Adverb

feistily (comparative more feistily, superlative most feistily)

1. In a feisty manner.
   • 1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts.