helly

H4E1L1L1Y4
/ˈhɛ.li/

adjective

Hellish, infernal.

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HadeanstygianAcheronticinfernalhellishPlutonicPlutoniansubtartarean
OriginMiddle English helly ← Old English hellīċ →
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Meanings

helly1

adjectivehelly (comparative more helly, superlative most helly)

comparative more helly · superlative most helly

  1. obsoleteHellish, infernal.

    Then wavered all the rebel rings, And of a sudden, ere a single blow Was struck, precipitous they shrieking fled, And sought the portals of their Helly home.

    1892, Theodore Sydney Vaughn, Satan in Arms Against Columbus, page 138
    1 more example

    These monster-swarms his Holiness and his helly crew have scraped and raked together out of old doting historiographers, wizardising augurs, imposturing soothsayers, dreaming poets, chimerical conceiters, and coiners of fables, […].

    1603, Samuel Harsnet, A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures; quoted in Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan & Jacobean Times, 2013, →ISBN

    Synonyms: Hadean, stygian, Acherontic, infernal, Hadean, hellish, Plutonic, Plutonian

helly2

nounhelly (comparative more helly, superlative most helly)

comparative more helly · superlative most helly

  1. mildlyslangvulgarSynonym of hell.

    Synonyms: hell

Helly3

proper nounHelly (countable and uncountable, plural Hellys)

plural Hellys

  1. countableuncountableA surname from German, notably held by Eduard Helly.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHellish, infernal.

Similar
HadeanstygianAcheronticinfernalHadeanhellishPlutonicPlutonianstygiansubtartareanTartarean

nounSynonym of hell.

Similar
hell
Also see
acherontichadeanhellishinfernalplutonianplutonicstygiansubtartareantartarean

Origin

helly · adjective

  1. Old Englishhellīċ“of hell, hellish, infernal”
  2. Middle Englishhelly
  3. Englishhelly

From Middle English helly, hellic, from Old English hellīċ (“of hell, hellish, infernal”), equivalent to hell + -y.

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helly · noun

From hell + -y

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with helly

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APA

helly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helly

MLA

“helly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “helly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/helly.

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