hooly

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ. ==== Adjective ==== hooly (comparative hoolier, superlative hooliest) (archaic) Holy. ===== Derived terms ===== hooly dooly === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adverb ==== hooly (archaic, Scotland) Wholly; all the way. 1840, Joanna Baillie, Hooly and Fairly, Fugitive Verses, 1851, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie, 2nd Edition, page 819, O, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly! (archaic, Scotland) Softly; carefully. === See also === hooley hoolie == Middle English == === Adjective === hooly alternative form of holy (sacred) 1380, John Wycliffe (translator), Matthew: I, Bible, 1810, The New Testament, page 4, late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 17-18.