juicilyadv.
/ˈdʒuːsᵻli/, U.S. /ˈdʒusəli/ slang.
a. Excellently, vigorously, well.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
1916 E. F. Benson David Blaize vi. 118 [He] hit it juicily to square leg.
1927 P. G. Wodehouse in Sunday Express 18 Oct. 9 Abstemious cove though I am as a general thing..on this occasion..I had been doing myself rather juicily.
b. Suggestively.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adverb]
unhonestly1382
indecently1589
greasily1598
juicily1969
1969 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 13/8 The hand-outs asked juicily whether the girls who took on these jobs were really on the first step to the harem and white slavery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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