Helly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Helly is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Hellish, infernal.
Meaning
(obsolete) Hellish, infernal.
Example Sentences
Then wavered all the rebel rings, And of a sudden, ere a single blow Was struck, precipitous they shrieking fled, And sought the portals of their Helly home.
These monster-swarms his Holiness and his helly crew have scraped and raked together out of old doting historiographers, wizardising augurs, imposturing soothsayers, dreaming poets, chimerical conceiters, and coiners of fables, […].
Synonyms for helly
Depending on context, synonyms include stygian, infernal, hellish, Plutonic, subtartarean.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aa, helatious, hellova, helluvan, rake-helly, hel-bent.
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