English edit

Etymology edit

mould +‎ -ly

Adjective edit

mouldly (comparative more mouldly, superlative most mouldly)

  1. (obsolete) mouldy
    • 1744, Mark Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination:
      Some in learning's garb,
      With formal band, and sable-cinctur'd gown,
      And rags of mouldly volumes.