Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Principal; capital.
- [In this sense found only in Shakspere, in the following passage in the folio of 1623, where it is prob. a misprint for heady, as in all other editions.] Same as
heady , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Chief ;principal ;capital ; (of sins)deadly . - adjective archaic
Heady ;violent ;impetuous . - adverb archaic In a headly manner;
impetuously ;precipitately ;headily .
Etymologies
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From Middle English hedly, havedlich, from Old English hēafodlīċ ("at the top, principal, capital, deadly"), equivalent to head + -ly.
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