giddilyadv.
/ˈɡɪdɪli/ In a giddy manner (see the senses of the adjective); †insanely, madly, foolishly; †carelessly. Now chiefly, Dizzily, with vertigo; so as to cause dizziness; also, thoughtlessly.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adverb]
giddilya1250
ape1509
vainly1588
emptily1591
frivolously1611
frothily1727
owlishly1846
inanely1883
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adverb]
dizzilyc1175
hiddy-giddya1525
vertiginously1766
giddily1801
dizzyingly1925
a1250 Owl & Night 1280 Nu thu miȝt wite readliche, That eavere thu spekest gideliche.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 127 Seest thou not..what a deformed thiefe this fashion is, how giddily a turnes about all the Hot-blouds. View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne To Mr. R. Woodward in Poems 29 To roame Giddelie and be euery where but at home, Such freedom doth a banishment become.
1701 W. Congreve Judgm. Paris 7 Lost in amaze, I giddily gaze.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 142 Giddily, giddily, still she whirls.
1864 Realm 25 May 1 When Home Secretaries' private secretaries become giddily excited.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 151 It all swam giddily before my sight.
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