bigly
big·ly
bigly · more bigly · most bigly
Big leagueBig league.
/ˈbɪɡ.li/
» I like you bigly.
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2 senses(humorous, nonstandard)Big league.
(Scotland)Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
Examples
1 sentencesI like you bigly.
Origin
From Middle English bygly, byggly, biggely. By surface analysis, big (“of great size, largFrom Middle English bygly, byggly, biggely. By surface analysis, big (“of great size, large (adjective); to a large extent, on a large scale; hard (adverb)”) + -ly.
From Middle English bygly, biglie, byggly (“comfortable, stately, perfect”), borrowed from Old Norse byggiligr, byggviligr (“habitable”); equivalent to big (“to build, construct, live in, reside, dwell”) + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic byggilegur (“inhabitable, liveable”).
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Forms
more bigly, most bigly| Comparative | more bigly Lesson |
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| Superlative | most bigly Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form