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Citations:bigly

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    English citations ofbigly

    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

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    1. (obsolete, most recently Scotland)Habitable,liveable;hencedelightful,pleasant,pleasing.

    Etymology 2

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    Adverb

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    1. (now rare)Strongly, withgreatforce.
      • [1757, Jacob Serenius, “BIG”, inAn English and Swedish Dictionary: Wherein the Generality of Words and Various Significations are Rendered into Swedish and Latin,[...], 2nd amended edition, Nyköping, Sweden: Printed at Harg and Stenbro near Nykoping in Sweden, by Pet. Momma, Director of His Majesty's Printing-House,→OCLC:
        Bigly,Adv[erb]ſtort, ſkrytagtigt.]
      • [1825,John Jamieson, “BIGLIE,adj.”, inSupplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language:[...] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–JUX), Edinburgh: Printed at theUniversity Press; for W. & C. Tait, 78,Prince's Street; andLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London,→OCLC,page 85, column 1:
        BIGLIE,adj. Rather large,[…] This must be viewed as a different word from the former, and as derived fromBig, large, q.big-like, from the appearance of largeness.]
      • [1859,Robert Nares,James O[rchard] Halliwell,Thomas Wright, “†BIGLY”, inA Glossary; or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, etc., which have been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare and His Contemporaries, new edition, volumesI (A–J), London: John Russell Smith, 36,Soho Square,→OCLC,page 79, column 1:
        †BIGLY. Greatly; strongly; proudly.]
      • 2000, Keith Badman,The Beatles Off the Record, London:Omnibus Press,→ISBN:
        Tell me aboutThe Mamas & Papas[sic], Bob. I believe you’re backing them verybigly, and they’re great. I believe you're backing them.
      • 2008,Haven Kimmel, “Chaos and Pangemonium”, inKaline Klattermaster's Tree House, New York, N.Y.:Atheneum Books for Young Readers,→ISBN,pages59–60:
        [A]s they backed out of the driveway Kaline's mom accelerated so quickly Kaline bonked his head on the dashboard and Pop-Tart went up his nose. "Oh, and we also need three more boxes of tissues for the classroom." / His mother was verybigly unspeaking.
      • 2016, Ray Cashman, quoting Patrick James (“Packy Jim”) McGrath, “Person and Place, Life and Times”, inPacky Jim: Folklore and Worldview on the Irish Border, Madison, Wis.:University of Wisconsin Press,→ISBN,page63:
        And he [Henry David Thoreau] was very strong to, for the, for the—againstslavery. He was verybigly against that. Slavery was going on in America, enslaving theblack people.
    2. (now rare) In ablustering orboastful manner;haughtily,pompously.
      • 1838, David Thom, “Appendix F”, inDialogues on Universal Salvation, and Topics Connected therewith, London: Simpkin and Marshall; Liverpool: George Philip,→OCLC,page271:
        While Mr. Erskine and his clerical co-adjutor, after talkingbigly of the perfection of Christ's work, and almost leading us to think that they had discovered the freeness of the gift of life everlasting, take care in due time to undeceive us by insisting on it, thatthis gift of Christ, (strange perversion of terms!) is merelylaid at our door, itdepending on ourselves, whether we shall receive the gift (?) or not.
      • 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.),The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 65, lines 983–985
        The father bids thee show what marriage this
        Thou pratest of sobigly, and by whom
        Himself shall be cast down from power.
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