loobily en · ADJ
Etymology
From looby + -ly.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Awkward; ungainly.
the Mafter fetting his Boys their Leflons, and their Exercifes, and a Loobily Country Fellow
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:There was in Wales a great and loobily image, called Darvell Gatherne, of which an old prophecy went that it should burn a forest […]
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most loobily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more loobily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |