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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As an abstract critic, allow me to say, "Reinhardt's No. 15 leely en hooly pic o langly loo la lay."
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps he was the abbot whom Chaucer mocked in his Prioress's Tale for his false piety over a murder: This abbot, which that was an hooly man, As monkes been, or elles oghte be.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, hooly, sirs, we maunna part till our wark is finished; as an auld writer has it—'till our work is finished, we are immortal.'
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
O gin my wife wad spend hooly and fairly!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
O gin my wife wad strike hooly and fairly!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
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