(Scotland, Northern England, archaic) Each or every.
(Scotland, Northern England, archaic) Each or every.
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(archaic, dialect, Ireland) A yell.
(archaic, dialect, Ireland) To yell.
Illy operates in two opposite registers. As a standard adverb, it means badly or poorly — a slightly archaic form of 'ill' used adverbially. But in US hip-hop slang, particularly from the late 1980s and 1990s, 'illy' flipped to mean cool, fresh, or excellent — following the same positive-negative inversion pattern seen in 'bad', 'sick', and 'nasty'. In hip-hop contexts it carries connotations of skill and style, often applied to a rapper's flow or a particularly sharp outfit. Context is everything with this one.
(obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).