cadgilyadv.
/ˈkadʒᵻli/, U.S. /ˈkædʒəli/, Scottish English /ˈkadʒᵻlɪ/ Scottish.
Cheerfully, merrily; wantonly.
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a1724 Gaberlunzie Man i He..cadgily ranted and sang.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 120 Whare cadgily they kiss the cap.
1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 108 ‘Hoot gude-man’ she wad say, sae cadgily ‘set a stout heart to a stay brae’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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