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the daffodil; -- so named from its blossoming in spring.

In a lively manner. [Obs.] Lamb.

In manner to excite love; amiably. [R.] Otway.

In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.] Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. J. C. Shairp.

tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.

In a melancholy manner.

A crinoid.

In a silly manner. [Obs.]

In a seemly manner. [Obs.]

In a silly manner; foolishly. Dryden.

See Slyly. South.

In a stately manner.

In a surly manner.

In an ugly manner; with deformity.

A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphæa.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the

A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.