a. Also 7 wittally, wittoldly, 9 wittoly. [f. WITTOL sb. + -Y1 or -LY1.] Having the character, or characteristic, of a wittol.
1598. Shaks., Merry W., II. ii. 284. They say the iealous wittolly-knaue hath masses of money.
1605. Chapman, All Fooles, II. i. E 1. No, let me still be … thought A ielouse Asse, and not a wittally Knaue.
1614. Purchas, Pilgrimage, III. x. (ed. 2), 293. Her husband was hanged for his wittoldly permission.
a. 1652. Brome, City Wit, IV. i. You are a Wittally Cuckold I know.
1845. Ford, Handbk. Spain, I. 83. Most of this finger-talk, wittoly wit, as well as the figs [sc. ‘a fig for you,’ digitally represented], is confined to the lower classes.
