adv. [f. WIRY a. + -LY2.] In a wiry manner, like wire.

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1846.  Landor, Imag. Conv., Q. Eliz. & Dk. Anjou, Wks. II. 175/2. My grandfather, albeit spare, was wirily elastic.

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1853.  C. Brontë, Villette, xxii. A composite feeling … wound itself wirily round my heart.

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