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▪ I. hooly, huly, adv. and a. Sc. and north.
(ˈhuːlɪ, Sc. ˈhʏlɪ)
Also 4 holy, 6 hulie, hully, 7 hewly.
[ME. hōly, app. of Norse origin: cf. ON. hófligr moderate, hófliga with moderation, fitly, justly, f. hóf measure, moderation, hove n.2; also, ON. hógligr adj. easy, gentle, hógliga adv. gently, calmly, meekly, fitly, f. hóg- in comb. easy, gentle, soft.]
A. adv. Gently, softly, cautiously; tardily. Often in phr. hooly and fairly.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxxix. 24 My god cum not holy [Vulg. ne tardaveris]. Ibid., God come ouer huly til oure bihofe. 1513Douglas æneis vi. v. 127 Huly and fair on to the cost I swam. 1598Ferguson Scott. Prov. (1785) 13 (Jam.) Hooly and fairly men ride far journies. 1728Ramsay To R. Yarde 114 Yet love is kittle and unruly, And shou'd move tentily and hooly. 1827Scott Jrnl. 10 June, Cash difficulties, etc. all provided for..so that we go on hooly and fairly. 1830Galt Lawrie T. vi. i. (1849) 253 ‘Hooly, hooly, Mr. Bradshaw’, cried I.
B. adj. Gentle, cautious; slow, tardy.
1513Douglas æneis ix. xiii. 45 Turnus..Steppys abak wyth huly pays full styll. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 1283 Fulis hast cums huly speid. a1810Tannahill Poet. Wks. (1846) 55 In judging, let us be right hooly.
Hence ˈhooliness, ˈhuliness, tardiness, delay.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxxix. 24 Þat hulynes þat he will not bifell. 1820Edin. Mag. May 422/2 The trauchl't stag i' the wan waves lap, But huliness or hune.
▪ II. hooly
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