▪ I. † ˈtrickly, a.1 Obs. rare.
[f. trick a.1 + -ly1: cf. goodly, sickly, weakly.]
Smart-looking, showy.
| 1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 164 Though trickly to see to, be gallant to wiue, Yet comely and wise is the huswife to thriue. |
▪ II. trickly, a.2 rare.
(ˈtrɪklɪ)
[f. trickle n. or v. + -y.]
Characterized by trickling.
| 1876 R. Broughton Joan ii. x, Her boots no longer rattle, nor do cold and trickly rills race down the nape of her neck. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 15/2 The heron is ever on the look-out to use his long neck for a quick blow and trickly gulp. |
▪ III. † ˈtrickly, adv. Obs.
[f. trick a.1 + -ly2.]
a. Cleverly. b. Neatly, smartly, trigly, finely.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 108 Feactely & trickely representing..a certain lasciuious playe. 1581 A. Hall Iliad iii. 58 The place was trickly decked vp. 1592 Greene Groat's W. Wit (1617) 21 The olde womans daughter was trickly attyred. 1599 Minsheu, Limadamente, exquisitly, trickly. 1608 H. Clapham Errour Left Hand 103 In shadowie plots, the Vipers, Monkscowle groes, Which with his yellowe flower full trickly shoes. |