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Meaning of "holily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLILY

holily  [ˈhəʊlɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Holily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HOLILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of holily in the English dictionary

The definition of holily in the dictionary is in a holy, devout, or sacred manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOLILY


burlily
ˈbɜːlɪlɪ
comelily
ˈkʌmlɪlɪ
curlily
ˈkɜːlɪlɪ
godlily
ˈɡɒdlɪlɪ
jollily
ˈdʒɒlɪlɪ
Lillee
ˈlɪlɪ
lily
ˈlɪlɪ
lonelily
ˈləʊnlɪlɪ
lowlily
ˈləʊlɪlɪ
Lyly
ˈlɪlɪ
melancholily
ˈmelənˌkɒlɪlɪ
oilily
ˈɔɪlɪlɪ
piccalilli
ˈpɪkəˌlɪlɪ
saintlily
ˈseɪntlɪlɪ
sicklily
ˈsɪklɪlɪ
sillily
ˈsɪlɪlɪ
statelily
ˈsteɪtlɪlɪ
ungodlily
ʌnˈɡɒdˈlɪlɪ
unholily
ʌnˈhəʊlɪlɪ
woollily
ˈwʊlɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLILY

holiday home
holiday job
holiday pay
holiday rep
holiday resort
holiday spirit
holiday traffic
holiday village
holiday-maker
holidayer
holier
holier-than-thou
holies
holiest
holiness
Holinshed
holism
holist
holistic
holistically

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLILY

African lily
arum lily
blackberry lily
calla lily
day lily
Easter lily
gild the lily
glory lily
Madonna lily
mariposa lily
Mount Cook lily
Peruvian lily
pond lily
sea lily
slily
sword lily
tiger lily
water lily
white water lily
yellow water lily

Synonyms and antonyms of holily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «holily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLILY

Find out the translation of holily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of holily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «holily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

holily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

santamente
570 millions of speakers

English

holily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

holily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

holily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свято
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

holily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

holily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saintement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Suci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heilig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

holily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

holily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

holily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புனிதமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होलीली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

holily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

santamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

holily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свято
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfințenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιερά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heilig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of holily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLILY»

The term «holily» is normally little used and occupies the 150.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «holily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «holily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about holily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLILY»

Discover the use of holily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to holily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Guide for Passing Advent Holily: In Which Is Found for ...
Sentences From The Holy Scriptures And The Fathers, And One Point In The Incarnation.
Avrillon, 2010
2
Meditations Upon Living Holily and Dying Happily with ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Daniel Sennert, 2010
3
The Pattern in the Web: The Mythical Poetry of Charles Williams
The body, on the other hand, "was holily created, is holily redeemed, and is to be holily raised from the dead." He calls the body an index. So to treat it, he writes, " is to assume that, as in an index the verbal element- the word given - is the same  ...
Roma Alvah King, 1990
4
Guide for Passing Holily the Day and the Octave of Corpus ...
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Jean Baptiste E. Avrillon, 2010
5
Strictures on some parts of the Oxford tracts, a charge
And when, for fear of being surprised and taken at his word, he comes over us with a new supply, and qualifies his words with a restriction of three adverbs, and tells us that they must have lived and taught holily, wisely, and constantly. But yet  ...
John Henry Browne, 1838
6
The Interpretation of St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians ...
The idea of the dativtts commodi has the first adverb against it: "how holily — for your benefit." The thought that the apostles acted in the way in which they did only as regards "the believers" and not as regards others is manifestly not Paul's  ...
R. C. H. Lenski
7
An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion, ...
More particularly, lji, We must holily and reverently use his names and titles, when we think, speak, or any way handle them, with faith, fear, and singleness, having a holy dread and awe of his majesty on our spirits, as believing him to be what ...
Thomas Boston, 1804
8
The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
265): "how holily tfcc.... we behaved, in the estimation of you that believe" — or " how holily..., and unblamably in the eyes of you that believe (tametsi aliis non ita videretur, Bengel), we bore ourselves": an interpretation condemned by Lightfoot  ...
NT. Bible
9
Exposition of Paul's Epistles
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe : This verse may be taken as a fifth ground of the similitude, to this purpose, that as the godly nursing mother doth not only ...
James Ferguson, 2001
10
Macbeth
What thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, That which cries, 'Thus thou must do' if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do, Than wishest should be ...
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term holily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dear Pope Emeritus, is Mozart the only way to … - The Tablet - Blogs
I suggest turning towards St Augustine's non-genre-specific thoughts about how music has to the capacity to make “our minds to be more holily ... «The Tablet, Jul 15»
2
Was St Maria Goretti's Purity in Her Body? Let's Ask St Augustine.
... and therefore when this continence remains unsubdued, even the sanctity of the body is preserved because the will to use it holily remains. «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Church Fathers: St. Clement of Rome
For our sin will not be small, if we eject from the episcopate those who have blamelessly and holily fulfilled its duties. Clement points out that not ... «Catholic Culture, Oct 14»
4
New top brass throw support behind NCPO, Prayut
"If people think, speak and act holily, problems facing the country will be sharply reduced including corruption,'' he said. Worapong denied ... «The Nation, Oct 14»
5
Setting the Australian Church Record Straight about Justification
... and through him, and to him, are all things' (Rom 11:36), whatsoever things we do well and holily are to be ascribed to none other than to this ... «Patheos, Oct 14»
6
Inside herbalist church
He enjoined members, and invited guests to live holily. According to him, both the leaders and the led in the society should strive to be good ... «Daily Sun, Aug 14»
7
Ask Fred: Religion
... ethics and culture were based on its teachings and traditions. Please join me in supporting our status as a Christian country. Yours holily,. «The Skinny, Jun 14»
8
October Soundtrack Picks
Musical might makes impressive right here, a journey of holily hacking and slashing through evil that “Castlevania” pounds out with full force ... «Film Music, Oct 13»
9
August Soundtrack Picks
... Mortal Instrument's” music delivers in spears, knifes and other monster-fighting musical accouterment to thrilling, and holily sumptuous effect. «Film Music, Aug 13»
10
Jack Hayford Explains What Holiness Really Is
God wants us to get on with lives that are lived “holily,” lives in which we practice holiness in thought and conduct. This implies growth. It's as if ... «Charisma News, Jun 13»

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