hooly
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of hooly
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English holy, hulie, hully; apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hōfligr “moderate,” hōfliga “moderately”
Example Sentences
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Hooly guacamole it was the greatest experience and my heart was so hiiiigh !!
From BBC
Ride hooly, hooly, gentlemen, Ride hooly now wi' me!
From Project Gutenberg
Deal hooly wi' my head, maidens, Deal hooly wi' my hair,70 For it was washen late yestreen, And it is wonder sair.
From Project Gutenberg
In most parts of Rajpootana, this male image exists at every city and village gate, but it is not rendered conspicuously indecent until the hooly or harvest enjoyments; and low and degrading as these are, reminding us of our purely animal frame, yet no Hindoo practices of harvest times are so gross as I have seen practised at the harvest homes or midnight revelries of our own country.”
From Project Gutenberg
There was no more to do but ride on, feeling like her executioner; but "Ride hooly, ride hooly, now, gentlemen, Ride hooly now wi' me," came into my mind; and no man ever kept beside a "wearier burd," on a sadder journey.
From Project Gutenberg
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