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Headily

Headily \Head"i*ly\ (h[e^]d"[i^]*l[y^]), adv. In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

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headily

adv. In a heady manner.

Usage examples of "headily".

Smoke was pouring out of the chimney of the cabin, and the smell of the wood fire mingled headily with the scent of pine and melting snow.

Despite of himself he had drained the first glass, tired and thirsty as he was, and had felt it rising headily from his empty stomach.

But they Still headily pursue their way, Though flood and foe confront them, and The skies fling flame.

The smell of the storm came in through the partially opened window, mingling headily with the musky spice of damp skin and sex.

Some held fragrant oils, the perfume of which, concentrated by being lidded, arose headily in the air.

Newcomers to the title, the couple were drinking up the joys of Society as headily as if it were ale and they were thirsty sailors.

Delicate vapors wafted out of the glass headily as the liquid warmed in the heat from the fire.

Griswold fared homeward, the blood pounding in his veins and the fine wine of life mounting headily to his brain.

It was real enough to be headily dangerous, yet he knew that neither of them wished the other any harm.

Hemlock scents mingled with fir and something headily sweet that Diesa thought was osmanthus.

The revelation in the hall at Vivers came about full circle, from illusion to reality, from the girl to the woman, as then it had spun headily backward from the woman to the girl.