a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -LY1.] Having the character or qualities of a cuckold; often a mere term of reviling or abuse.
1594. Greene, Looking Glass (1598), H ij a. Nay, sir, he was a cuckoldly diuell, for hee had hornes on his head.
1598. Shaks., Merry W., II. ii. 281. Hang him (poore Cuckoldly knaue).
1698. Vanbrugh, Prov. Wife, V. ii. You cuckoldly drunken sot you!
1709. Brit. Apollo, II. 3/2. My Cuckoldly Jacket.
a. 1734. North, Lives, III. 66. Was it not a cuckoldly world from the beginning; and shall it not be so still?
