▪ I.sooly obs.f. solely adv. ▪ II.† sooly,a.Obs.—1 ? Close, sultry. Perh. an error for sooltry, but cf.Du.zoel, †soel. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) II. 1071/2 The soolye heat of y⊇ prison, to me is coldnes: the colde wynter to me is a freshe spryng tyme in the Lord.