illy

English

Etymology

From ill +‎ -ly.

Adverb

illy (comparative more illy, superlative most illy)

  1. Badly; poorly.
    • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
      The domestic presence of Lucy had begun to produce a remarkable effect upon Pierre. Sometimes, to the covertly watchful eye of Isabel, he would seem to look upon Lucy with an expression illy befitting their singular and so-supposed merely cousinly relation; […]
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132:
      Nor was this less ominous than the rattle of musketry, for it suggested but a single solution to the little band of rescuers—that the illy garrisoned village had already succumbed to the onslaught of a superior force.

Adjective

illy (comparative more illy, superlative most illy)

  1. (US, chiefly hip-hop) cool, fresh
    • 2023 December 16, Steve 'Flash' Juon, Raekwon :: The Lex Diamond Story :: Universal Records‎[1]:
      A few more duets with Ghostface would have been illy, and even ONE track with RZA would have been the icing on a top notch cake. Regardless though to any who thought that Raekwon the Chef couldn't cook it up any more, "The Lex Diamond Story" proves that with or without RZA, he's still got it locked.
    Synonyms: sick, dope, ill

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