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Definition of Bigly
1. adv. In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.
Definition of Bigly
1. Adverb. (rare) Strongly, with great force. ¹
2. Adverb. (rare) In a blustering or boastful manner; haughtily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bigly
1. in a big manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bigly
Literary usage of Bigly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Business Life in Ancient Rome by Charles George Herbermann (1880)
"bigly to look and barbarously to speak, To pound false weights and scanty measures
break."—Juv., /Sat. X. But mercantile jugglery at Eome did not always ..."
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"40 ' And has he broke your bigly bowers ? Or has he stole your fee ? ... 42 'For
he has broke my bigly bowers, And he has stole my fee, And made my daughter ..."
3. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland: Hitherto Unpublished by Peter Buchan (1875)
"When I was in my bigly bower, I wore but what I would ; This night I'm lighter 'mang
Willie's horse feet. I fear I'll die for cold. When I was in my bigly ..."
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