† cuckoldlyadj.
Obsolete.
Having the character or qualities of a cuckold; often a mere term of reviling or abuse.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous > dishonoured by wife's adultery > having character of dishonoured husband
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1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. H2 Nay sir, he was a cuckoldly diuell, for he had hornes on his head.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 264 Hang him (poore Cuckoldly [1602 cuckally] knaue). View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 66 You Cuckoldly drunken Sot you.
1709 Brit. Apollo 2 My Cuckoldly Jacket.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 130 Was it not a cuckoldly World from the Beginning; and shall it not be so still?
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