Obs. Also bygly, byggly. [f. BIG v. to inhabit + -LY1.] Habitable, fit or pleasant to dwell in; hence gen. pleasant.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., A. 962. Bryng me to þat bygly bylde, & let me se þy blysful bor.
c. 1440. York Myst., vi. 42. To byggly blys we bothe were brought.
c. 1440. Bone Flor., 220. He wyll dystroye thy bygly landys.
c. 1450. Henryson, Bludy Serk, 13. Scho wynnit in a bigly bour, On feld wes none so fair.
[a. 1803. Erlington, i. in Child, Ball., I. (1882), 107/1. He has built a bigly bower, An a’ to put that lady in.]
