Definition of "holily"

holily

/ˈhəʊlɪli/

adverb
comparative more holily, superlative most holily
1. In a holy way; with sanctity.
  Quotations
  And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]
  1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XLVI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, page 140
  […] enjoyning them upon the severest Penalties to live godlily, holily and righteously in this present World […]
  1688, Henry Wharton, Sermon III preach'd at Lambeth Chapel
  The other [problem] is that, like Macbeth, what the president wants highly he also wants holily.
  2010 October 14, “An own goal on gay rights”, in The Economist