snodly, adv. Sc.
(ˈsnɒdlɪ)
[f. snod a. + -ly2.]
Neatly, tidily, trimly.
| 1721 Ramsay Scribblers Lashed 75 'Till by degrees it creeps right snodly, On hips and head-dress of the godly. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 304 Here's something here..will mak life's road to me fu' snodly sleekit. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize lxxii, A clean cambric handkerchief very snodly prined over her breast. 1850 W. Howson Cur. Craven 118 Shadows flicker On the snodly whitewesh'd wa'. 1904 Dundee Advertiser 19 Aug. 6 We took the short road by Burns' Monument and the snodly theekit hoosie at the wayside. |