cadgily,adv.Sc.|ˈkædʒɪlɪ| [f. cadgy + -ly2.] Cheerfully, merrily; wantonly. a1724Gaberlunzie Man i, He..cadgily ranted and sang.a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 28 Whare cadgily they kiss the cap.1814Saxon & Gael. I. 108 ‘Hoot gude-man’ she wad say, sae cadgily ‘set a stout heart to a stay brae’.