chaffily adverb2 •(rare) In the manner of chaff.He wanted to chew the milky grains— / But none broke chaffily free from their pockets. — 1997 •(no longer used, rare) In a bantering or ridiculing manner.This [hell] is where Chaucer also chaffily places the Friars. — 1869 formsmore chaffily · most chaffily