This week’s theme
Adverbs

This week’s words
deasil
tantivy
fain
piecemeal
widdershins

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PRONUNCIATION:

(tan-TIV-ee)

MEANING:

adverb: At full gallop; at full speed.
noun: A fast gallop; rush.
adjective: Swift.
interjection: A hunting cry by a hunter riding a horse at full speed.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of obscure origin, perhaps from the sound of a galloping horse’s hooves. Earliest documented use: 1648.

USAGE:

“He supposes himself as a wolf actually to have been galloping tantivy over hill and dale.”
Montague Summers; The Werewolf in Lore and Legend; Dover; 1933.

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