Hooly (adj) (Scots)
hoo-lee
Cautious, gentle.
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English holy, hulie, hully; apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hōfligr “moderate,” hōfliga “moderately”
Example sentences
“The wee un had a hooly way about her.”
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