rebelly

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English

Etymology

From rebel +‎ -y.

Adjective

rebelly (comparative more rebelly, superlative most rebelly)

  1. (obsolete) rebellious
    • 1888, “The Patriot Mother: A Ballad of '98”, in Henry Halliday Sparling, editor, Irish Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics, and Ballads, Walter Scott, page 393:
      “COME, tell us the name of the rebelly crew, / Who lifted the pike on the Curragh with you; []