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Webster 1913 Edition


Loobily

Loo′bi-ly

,
Adj.
[From
Looby
.]
Loobylike; awkward.
Fuller.

Loo′bi-ly

,
adv.
Awkwardly.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition


Loobily

LOOB'ILY

,
adv.
[See Looby.] Like a looby; in an awkward, clumsy manner.

Definition 2024


loobily

loobily

English

Adjective

loobily (comparative more loobily, superlative most loobily)

  1. (obsolete) awkward; ungainly
    • Thomas Fuller
      There was in Wales a great and loobily image, called Darvell Gatherne, of which an old prophecy went that it should burn a forest []

Adverb

loobily (comparative more loobily, superlative most loobily)

  1. awkwardly
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