Loobily

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Awkward; ungainly. obsolete

    "There was in Wales a great and loobily image, called Darvell Gatherne, of which an old prophecy went that it should burn a forest […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    awkwardly obsolete

Example

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"There was in Wales a great and loobily image, called Darvell Gatherne, of which an old prophecy went that it should burn a forest […]"

Etymology

From looby + -ly.

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