Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the qualities of hell; hellish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Hellish.

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  • adjective obsolete hellish

Etymologies

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Anglo-Saxon.

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Examples

  • Morning Annipuss – did yu get woken bai teh helly copters, fur teh marry thon?

    Hahaha. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • September 24, 2009 at 12:13 pm helly-cat wants 2 gits bakk 2 basemint!

    Open the door - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • If only it were possible that the BBC 'helly telly' were to collide with the chopper taking the PM to Sedgefield in the morning - now that would be a real news story..

    The Strange Defection of Quentin Davies: Part 94 2007

  • Thank you!!! vintage jewelry designers handcrafted carved mantel piecemakers sweater models the best bead jewellery choker in the world deltah crochet a poncho solid wood mantel big bra girls wilson hope ladies golf clubs set woods irons clay planters uars meissen helly provo craft knit sweater clog beading and jewelry supply western crafts beads drapperies table pads - 2006-08-20 14: 24: 06

    Home to Chaos barbylon 2004

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    Feeling all gooey inside barbylon 2003

  • None of your damned time-wasting yackety-yak. helly as joru: I have some extremely valuable merchandise on offer, of a most unusual nature.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • It was evident that this was no ordinary rake-helly boomer come to town.

    Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily

  • Francisco was once heard to describe the said tramways as "No horsey, no steamy, go helly."

    A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

  • A rake-helly place is London to be sure, but after

    The Harlequinade An Excursion Harley Granville-Barker 1911

  • The peasant boys are for all the world the modern prototypes of those "rake-helly horse boys" of Queen Elizabeth's reign, who filled so many pages of the State papers.

    The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway Robert Lloyd Praeger 1909

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