▪ I. † limberly, a. Obs. rare—1.
? = limber a.1
| 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial i. xliii. 47 Not the pears, that are bound by the limberly broom. |
▪ II. limberly, adv.
(ˈlɪmbəlɪ)
[f. limber a.]
In a limber or supple manner.
| 1891 Harper's Mag. Nov. 891/2 His long spare arms swing limberly before a long spare body. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xii. 186 They..slouched limberly over to the railroad eating-house. 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 30 It was sculpted to Chanel's small, athletic figure and moves with it as limberly as a leopard's own leopard skin. |