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 the words seem somewhat out of joint: "Waikiki lantoni oe Kaa hooly hooly wawhoo."
From Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain
O sae hooly steppit we, For the nicht was mirk an' lown, Wi' never a sign to see, But the voices all aroun'.
From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Margaret Widdemer
And here foloweth the noble tale of the Sancgreal that called is the hooly vessel.'
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
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