plaguily, adv.
(ˈpleɪgɪlɪ)
[f. next + -ly2.]
In a plaguy manner; colloq. vexatiously, ‘pestilently’, confoundedly, exceedingly.
| a 1586 Sidney Arcadia iii. (1622) 265 Assure thy selfe, most wicked woman (that hast so plaguyly a corrupted minde, as thou canst not keepe thy sicknesse to thy selfe, but must most wickedly infect others). 1620 Middleton Chaste Maid i. i. 112 The knave bites plaguily! 1711 Swift Jrnl. Stella 3 Oct., He was plaguily afraid. 1794 C. Smith Wand. Warwick 82 You loved and respected poor Tracy plaguily, to be sure, when you stole his wench from him. 1828 Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. 268 Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately. |