▪ I. woundy, a.1 rare.
(ˈwuːndɪ)
[f. wound n. + -y1.]
a. Characterized by wounds. b. Causing wounds.
| 1660 Waterhouse Discourse Arms 30 Like Sicinius Dentatus who served his Country one hundred and twenty battayles, and brought from them woundy Testimonies of valour. 1826 Hood Love 5 What art thou, Love?..a boy that shoots, From ladies' eyes, such mortal woundy darts. |
▪ II. woundy, adv. and a.2 Obs. exc. arch.
(ˈwaʊndɪ)
Also 8 waundy.
[f. wounds int. + -y1.
The pronunc. (ˈwaʊndɪ) is given by Sheridan (1789) and Smart (1846) in contrast with the noun (wuːnd).]
A. adv. Very; extremely; excessively.
| α c 1621 Rowley etc. Witch Edmonton ii. i, 'Tis woundy cold, sure! 1660 Dial. betw. Tom & Dick 1/2 And yet the Thief is woundy Close. 1695 Congreve Love for L. iv. xiii, He was woundy angry when I gav'n that wipe. 1706 E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 79 His drinking much Flip, makes him woundy subject to the Vapours. 1774 C. Dibdin Waterman i, She keeps her a-bed woundy late of a morning. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet ch. xv, His orders are woundy particular. 1829 ― Jrnl. 19 Apr., We smoked and I became woundy sleepy. 1864 Le Fanu Uncle Silas II. 237 He was ‘a woundy ugly customer in a wax, she could tell me.’ |
| β 1718 Breval Play is the Plot ii. i. 19 And the Jade's a great Fortune, and waundy handsom too into the Bargain. 1791 O'Keefe Mod. Antiques i. (1792) 16, I was waundy hungry. |
B. adj. Very great; extreme.
| 1681 Plain Dealing, Dial. Humphrey & Roger 1/1 By the Mass, Hodge, thou say'st well, I have a woundy mind to do as thou say'st, but [etc.]. 1702 Farquhar Twin-Rivals v. iii, You must know Sir, there is a Neighbour's Daughter that I had a woundy Kindness for. 1718 Breval Play is the Plot ii. i. 11 And has she such a waundy deal of Wit, do you say Sir? 1794 Godwin Caleb Williams 37 So he flew into a woundy passion and threatened to horsewhip me. 1836 T. Hook G. Gurney I. 213 You'll kill a woundy sight on 'em, I think, at that distance. 1888 F. Cowper Capt. Wight 218 They castle folk be a woundy lot of gallants. |