English
tarrily
From tarry + -ly.
Formed from tarry + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- ‘to pull, tug, irritate’
Proto-Germanic *terganą
Old English tirian
Middle English tarien ‘to incite wrath, be vexatious’
English tarry
Today it means
adv In a tarry manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tarrily”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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