cadgily, adv. Sc.
(ˈkædʒɪlɪ)
[f. cadgy + -ly2.]
Cheerfully, merrily; wantonly.
| a 1724 Gaberlunzie Man i, He..cadgily ranted and sang. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 28 Whare cadgily they kiss the cap. 1814 Saxon & Gael. I. 108 ‘Hoot gude-man’ she wad say, sae cadgily ‘set a stout heart to a stay brae’. |