"hooly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: hoolier [comparative], hooliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|holi}} Middle English holi, {{inh|en|ang|hāliġ}} Old English hāliġ Head templates: {{en-adj|hoolier}} hooly (comparative hoolier, superlative hooliest)
  1. (archaic) Holy. Tags: archaic Derived forms: hooly dooly
    Sense id: en-hooly-en-adj-vHjx3n64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} hooly
  1. (archaic, Scotland) Wholly; all the way. Tags: Scotland, archaic
    Sense id: en-hooly-en-adv-bBeG9vwO Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 49 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 44 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 51 27
  2. (archaic, Scotland) Softly; carefully. Tags: Scotland, archaic
    Sense id: en-hooly-en-adv-EjXsbjQ5 Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hooley, hoolie
Etymology number: 2
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