† pockilyadv.
Obsolete.
In a pocky manner (in various senses); in the manner of, or with pox or syphilis. Also (colloquial) as an intensifier: damnably, dreadfully.
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1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. H Nay nothing, but I am afraide the Welsh Knight has giuen me nothing but purging Comfits: this Captaine stickes pockily in my stomack.
1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 136 A young Girl that was pockily infected by one that gave her only a kiss as she was dancing.
?1783–6 E. Bangs Farmer & his Son's Return in S. D. Foster Yankee Doodle (1959) 7 The flaming Ribbons in his Hat, They look'd so taring fine ah, I wanted pockily to get, To give to my Jemimah.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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