adv. [f. WIRY a. + -LY2.] In a wiry manner, like wire.
1846. Landor, Imag. Conv., Q. Eliz. & Dk. Anjou, Wks. II. 175/2. My grandfather, albeit spare, was wirily elastic.
1853. C. Brontë, Villette, xxii. A composite feeling wound itself wirily round my heart.