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illy

[ il-ee, il-lee ]

adverb

  1. ill.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of illy1

First recorded in 1540–50; ill + -ly

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Example Sentences

In Lanny, standing in the illy lighted little hall, she saw nothing of the inner Lanny.

She was illy prepared to hear the news yesterday, for she had spent the night previous without closing her eyes in sleep.

This juncture was effected at Illy without difficulty, and the French army was now completely encompassed.

But the courtrooms are stuffy little dens, illy ventilated, awkwardly placed, and with the poorest of acoustics.

I meant to express my disgust at what appeared to me a mass of bold assumptions, and of illy-cemented sophisms.

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