† ˈdoly, a. Obs. or dial.
Also 6 Sc. duillie, 8 dooly.
[The forms dooly and duillie are clearly, and doly probably, from dole n.2; a 16th c. dolly appears to be a different word: see dowie.]
Doleful, sorrowful, sad.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. 189 Quhidder is become sa sone this duillie hant? 1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 57 This dolye chaunce gald vs, with blood, with slaghter abounding. 1596 Lodge Marg. Amer. 20 The dolie season of the yeare. 1721 Bailey, Doly or Dooly, mourning, sad. |