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giantly, a. and adv.|ˈdʒaɪəntlɪ|
[f. giant n. + -ly.]
A. adj. = giantlike. Now rare.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 77 Idle men..peruerte and wrest Gods word after their wonted giantly boldenes. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 11 The massier and more gyantly body must be maintained with large..diet. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 862 The lower Mountaines..although they bee for their height wonderfull, yet..they have more Giantly-overlookers. 1636Davenant Witts v. iii, Our hopes grow strong and giantly. 1659Gentl. Calling viii. (1679) 131 Great Mens vices are of a yet more giantly frame, they proclaim solemn War with Heaven. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. vi. ii. (1849) 315 Governor Risingh, notwithstanding his giantly condition, was, as I have hinted, a man of craft.
†B. adv. In a giantlike manner. Obs.
1625T. Jackson Orig. Vnbeliefe vii. 61 His picture as Euripides hath taken it, is more Gyantly vast. 1719D'Urfey Pills III. 44 Bacchus giantly bestrid A Strong Beer Barrel. |