† ˈcullionly, a. Obs.
[f. cullion 2 + -ly1.]
Like a cullion; rascally, base, despicable.
1605 Shakes. Lear ii. ii. 36 You whoreson Cullyenly Barber⁓monger, draw. 1645 Milton Colast. (1851) 368 His cullionly paraphrase on St. Paul. 1822 Scott Nigel xii, He would be held a cullionly niggard. |