illy

Badly; poorly.

Adjective

  1. cool, fresh
    • A few more duets with Ghostface would have been illy, and even ONE track with RZA would have been the icing on a top notch cake. Regardless though to any who thought that Raekwon the Chef couldn't cook it up any more,...

    Synonyms: sick dope ill

Origin

Etymology tree English ill Middle English -ly English -ly English illy From ill + -ly.

Forms

more illy most illy

Related

whack the illy

Adverb

  1. Badly; poorly.
    • The domestic presence of Lucy had begun to produce a remarkable effect upon Pierre. Sometimes, to the covertly watchful eye of Isabel, he would seem to look upon Lucy with an expression illy befitting their singular and...
    • Nor was this less ominous than the rattle of musketry, for it suggested but a single solution to the little band of rescuers—that the illy garrisoned village had already succumbed to the onslaught of a superior force. -...

Forms

more illy most illy