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Definition: FICKLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. In a fickle manner.[Websters]
2. In an erratic, inconstant or uneven manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In a mercurial or quick manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a changeful or capricious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In an eccentric, particular, strange or weird manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a light or slight manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In a notional, fantastic, odd or bizarre manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a soft or mild manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In a restless or playful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective fickle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(fickle)
1. Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends".[Wordnet].
2. Liable to sudden unpredictable change; "fickle weather".[Wordnet].
3. Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.[Websters].
4. Being inconstant, changeable, variable, volatile or unstable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being capricious, whimsical, wayward, temperamental or unpredictable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being flighty or frivolous.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, labile or shaky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being erratic, fitful or cranky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being mutable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Adjective base of the adverb fickly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Fickly" is a common misspelling or typo for: tickly.

Date "Fickly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Fickly \Fic"kly\, adverb In a fickle manner. [Obsolete]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FICKLY

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Adverb] Without firmness or steadiness. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: FICKLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. In a fickle manner.[Websters]
2. In an erratic, inconstant or uneven manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In a mercurial or quick manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. In a changeful or capricious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In an eccentric, particular, strange or weird manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a light or slight manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In a notional, fantastic, odd or bizarre manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In a soft or mild manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In a restless or playful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective fickle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(fickle)
1. Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends".[Wordnet].
2. Liable to sudden unpredictable change; "fickle weather".[Wordnet].
3. Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.[Websters].
4. Being inconstant, changeable, variable, volatile or unstable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being capricious, whimsical, wayward, temperamental or unpredictable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being flighty or frivolous.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, labile or shaky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being erratic, fitful or cranky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being mutable.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Adjective base of the adverb fickly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FICKLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Fickly \Fic"kly\, adverb In a fickle manner. [Obsolete]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FICKLY

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adverb] Without firmness or steadiness. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: fickle

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Fat and Fickle5   Fat and Fickle5
Fickle Fatty's Fall5   Fickle Fatty's Fall5
The Fickle Finger of Fate5   Little Miss Fickle4
Little Miss Fickle4   The Fickle Finger of Fate5

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).