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English
Etymology
From plaguey + -ly.
Adverb
plaguily (comparative more plaguily, superlative most plaguily)
- In a plaguey way.
c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:[…] most wicked woman (that hast so plaguily a corrupted minde, as thou canst not keepe thy sickenesse to thy selfe, but must most wickedly infect others) […]
1907, Israel Zangwill, “The Jewish Trinity”, in Ghetto Comedies, London: Heinemann, page 89:Little wonder that the artist’s glance frequently wandered across the great shining table towards a girl who, if they had not been so plaguily intent on honouring his fame, might have now been replacing the Mayoress at his side.