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English
Etymology
From Middle English holily, holyly, holilie, holiliche, holyliche, haliliche, haliʒlike, haliliʒ, from Old English hāliġlīċe, equivalent to holy + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
holily (comparative more holily, superlative most holily)
- In a holy way; with sanctity.
1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, page 140:And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]
1688, Henry Wharton, Sermon III preach'd at Lambeth Chapel:[…] enjoyning them upon the severest Penalties to live godlily, holily and righteously in this present World […]
2010 October 14, “An own goal on gay rights”, in The Economist:The other [problem] is that, like Macbeth, what the president wants highly he also wants holily.
Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
holily
- inflection of holit:
- inanimate masculine plural past active participle
- feminine plural past active participle