different between holily vs folily

English

Etymology

From Middle English holily, holyly, holilie, holiliche, holyliche, haliliche, hali?like, halili?, from Old English h?li?l??e, equivalent to holy +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??l?li/

Adverb

holily (comparative more holily, superlative most holily)

1. In a holy way; with sanctity.
   • 1688, Henry Wharton, Sermon III preach'd at Lambeth Chapel

     […] enjoyning them upon the severest Penalties to live godlily, holily and righteously in this present World […]

   • 1654, Joseph Hall, Select Thoughts, or Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit

     […] there are some dispositions blame-worthy in men, which are yet, in a right sense, holily ascribed unto God; as unchangeableness, and irrepentance.

   • 2010, "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist, 14 Oct 2010:

     The other [problem] is that, like Macbeth, what the president wants highly he also wants holily.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ol?l?]

Verb

holily

1. inflection of holit:
   1. inanimate masculine plural past participle
   2. feminine plural past participle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• foliliche, folyly, folilyche, folylyche, folely, folyliche, folilich, folilye, folylych, folilie, folili

Etymology

From folye +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fo?li?li?/, /?fo?lili?/, /?fo?l?li?/, /?fo?li?li?t?(?)/

Adverb

folily

1. Foolishly, idiotically, in a ill-advised or knowledgeless way.
2. Immorally; in a sinful, immoral or evil way.
3. (rare) Lustfully, lewdly.

References

• “f?l?l?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.