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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a jimp or neat manner; neatly.
  2. Barely: scarcely; hardly.

Examples

  • “Na, "she said, as Gavin made a too liberal offer," that would toom the well, and there's jimply enough for oursels.”

    The Little Minister

  • “We wad be laith a stranger suld lack what we have, though we are jimply provided for in beds rather; for Jenny has sae mony bairns (God bless them and her) that troth I maun speak to Lord”

    Old Mortality, Complete

  • “a stranger suld lack what we have, though we are jimply provided for in beds rather; for Jenny has sae mony bairns (God bless them and her) that troth I maun speak to Lord Evandale to gie us a bit eik, or outshot”

    Old Mortality

  • “Bunawe, and it was a place where there was flat ground for the carriage to stand, which it could jimply do on these braes; but just as my leddyship liked.””

    Chronicles of the Canongate

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