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naughtily, adv.|ˈnɔːtɪlɪ| [f. naughty a.] 1. †a. Wickedly, viciously. Obs.
1552Latimer Serm. & Rem. (Parker Soc.) 38 They that..burned their children, they did naughtily. 1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 10 They would not liue thus ydlely and naughtily as they do. 1611Cotgr., Mauvaisement,..lewdly, naughtily. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 434 Their deserts are naught, and the fruite thereof as naughtily spent. †b. Wrongfully, dishonestly. Obs. rare.
1622Fletcher Beggars' Bush iv. i, How cam'st thou by this mighty sum? If naughtily, I must not take it of thee. †2. Badly, poorly. Obs.
1574R. Scot Hop Gard. To Rdr., It grieueth me dailye to see tyme yll spent,..good grounde naughtily applyed. 1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 509 Maiz and a roll of the same naughtily grinded. 1666Pepys Diary 26 Dec., Gosnell not singing, but a new wench that sings naughtily. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xvii. 137 That straw-thatch'd Cottage, scurvily built, naughtily movabled. |