adjective
- used as a mild intensifier expressing annoyance or emphasis
Usage: British informal; euphemistic
adverb
- used to intensify an adjective or adverb, meaning very or extremely
Usage: British informal; euphemistic
Examples
- That bally machine won’t work properly.
- It’s a bally nuisance having to wait so long.
- The weather has been bally awful this week.
- He’s bally well going to listen to me this time.
- This bally cold is making me miserable.
- The train was bally late again today.