jeezly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
27
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒiːz.li/

Definition of jeezly

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (New-England, US, dated, especially, not-comparable)A general intensifier.
    “He looked like somethin' the cat brought in; and us in our play-actin' costooms, with the grease-paint makin' us blush outside of our sickenin' misery under the smoky light of one lamp—the picture it made was a jeezly frost, now you can bet on that and carry money home.”
    ““Get some water,” he shouted, “or the whol’ jeasley camp’ll burn up!””
    “"I must be out of my jeezly skull," Hawkeye (who talked to cars) said to the Corvette as he aimed it down the Maine turnpike.”
    “The old man set the light on a nearby surface and rummaged one handed in the pockets of his long coat, muttering “Durn house,” and “Jeezly mess,” and “This better be good.””
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adj

  1. (New-England, US, dated, especially, not-comparable)A general intensifier.
    “He looked like somethin' the cat brought in; and us in our play-actin' costooms, with the grease-paint makin' us blush outside of our sickenin' misery under the smoky light of one lamp—the picture it made was a jeezly frost, now you can bet on that and carry money home.”
    ““Get some water,” he shouted, “or the whol’ jeasley camp’ll burn up!””
    “"I must be out of my jeezly skull," Hawkeye (who talked to cars) said to the Corvette as he aimed it down the Maine turnpike.”
    “The old man set the light on a nearby surface and rummaged one handed in the pockets of his long coat, muttering “Durn house,” and “Jeezly mess,” and “This better be good.””

adv

  1. (Canada, New-England, US, dated, especially, not-comparable)Very, extremely.
    “I’m glad it happened, and I’m jeezly glad it’s over.”
    “What a jim-dandy ideer, sayin' yeh were gonna have a important ball-game fer a excuse to get drunk. An' playing' a jeezly good game on top of 'er, jest to make things look legitimit!”
    “We learn some of their unique Miramichi expressions. If something is “right some jeezly good” then it’s “the world’s finest, unbelievably good.””
    ““Corned beef and cabbage! We're on jeezly thin ice!””

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Etymology

Shift from earlier Jesusly, a euphemism for damned. Equivalent to jeez + -ly. Compare geez.

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