felly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FEL'LY, adverb [See Fell, cruel.] Cruelly; fiercely; barbarously. FEL'LY, noun The exterior part or rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. Felo de se, in law, one who commits felony by suicide, or deliberately destroys his own life.
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