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† ˈhelly, a. (adv.) Obs.
[f. hell n. + -y (or ? -ly).]
A. adj. Of or belonging to hell; of the nature of hell; hellish, infernal, devilish. Revived in literary example.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 423/2, I call heartely to y⊇ spirite of God to quenche the foule fyrebrond of y⊇ helly light. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxvi, No worldlie sight More like hell then was sight of that hellie fight. 1563Baldwin in Mirr. Mag., How Collingbourne was Executed (1815) II. 366 Helley haunts, & ranke pernicious ylles. 1583Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 103 His rod..by which from the helly Bocardo Touzt tost souls he freeth. 1613Acc. Anglesea (Halliw.) 39 Authority conferr'd upon him to keep this helly trade. 1934Dylan Thomas Let. 11 May (1966) 127 Every doubt and misgiving that an hereditary..imagination, an hereditary thirst..are capable of conjuring up out of their helly deeps.
B. adv. Hellishly, infernally.
1600Tourneur Transf. Metamorph. lviii, With poyson hellie blacke. a1762Lady M. W. Montagu Poems (1785) 53 No rake helly gay, Or laughing, because he has nothing to say. |