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bully adjective & interjection. L16.
[Attrib. use of BULLY noun1.]
A. adjective.
Of a person: worthy, gallant, fine, jolly. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream What sayest thou, bully Bottom?
Resembling or characteristic of a bully or ruffian. Now rare. E18.
Swift Those bully Greeks, who..Instead of paying chairmen, run them through.
Very good, capital, first-rate. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). M19.
H. L. Wilson It sounded just the thing to call him. It sounded bully.
b. interjection. Bravo! Chiefly in bully for you!, bully for them!, etc. Freq. iron. M19.