— Celtically , adv.
/kel"tik, sel"-/ , n.
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including esp. Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbr.: Celt
adj.
2. of the Celts or their languages.
Also, Keltic .
[ 1600-10; Celticus, equiv. to Celt ( ae ) the Celts (see CELT) + -icus -IC ]