jimply

English

Etymology

From jimp +‎ -ly.

Adverb

jimply (comparative more jimply, superlative most jimply)

  1. (Scotland) In a jimp manner.
    • 1790, James Macaulay (of Edinburgh), Poems on various subjects, in Scots and English (page 129)
      Whan Winter hauds the warld in chains,
      An' snawy wreaths adorn the plains,
      Whan folk can jimply gang their lanes
      For fear o' couping […]
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