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Hooly

adj, adv, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Holy. archaic
Adverb
  1. 1
    Wholly; all the way. Scotland, archaic

    "[…]bee by our Executours hooly and perfitely finiſshed in every behalve, after the maner and fourme before rehersed, and futingly to that that is begoune and doon of theim."

  2. 2
    Softly; carefully. Scotland, archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of Holi (“Hindu festival”). alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ.

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