[soulful; in particular] characteristic of soul music
1997, Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 190:
He's bending over givin' it hell, singing souly music, dig, but he can't break that thing, man, because he ain't equipped.
1999, E. Breitinger, HEROES OF SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY AS OPERATIC HEROES: AKIN EUBA'S CHAKA AND NBONGEMI NGEMA'S THE ZULU, in the South African Theatre Journal (Taylor & Francis)
To my liking however, the souly parts seemed artificial, the citation of the African-American musical style sounded rather forced and arty, because it diverted from the main message of […]
2009 November 11, Mike Evans, Ray Charles: Birth of Soul, Omnibus Press, →ISBN:
Larkin continued: “The band is sparked off by a Fender bass and plenty of souly Lat-Am percussion, and has jetting spirited trumpet and matching saxes. 'I Remember Clifford', 'Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues' and 'Sidewinder' are the most satisfying[…]
2013, A Jones, G Martin, A psychedelic band who could" create fucking havoc", fronted by a bovver boy in a kaftan..., in Uncut:
[…] We had a kind of music going on that no-one else was doing, … and put together a few sort of souly riffs and this, that and the […]
1998 September 17, Rafi Zabor, The Bear Comes Home: A Novel, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 101:
... probly think I don't know about all that cool, creative, souly-soul sensitive shit, but you're wrong. It's just that I understand The Bear Comes Home 101.
2010 October 25, Dorothy Duncan, Feasting and Fasting: Canada's Heritage Celebrations, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 250:
Soul Cakes or Souly Cakes are still baked in Wales in the form of yeast buns, brown, spiced, and shining, with a round head, currants for eyes, a semicircular smile, two arms represented by cuts in the body, and two legs.
"solely" intentionally blended with connotations of "soul"?
(Can we date this quote?), Stephen W. Smith, Embracing Soul Care: Making Space for What Matters Most, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 76:
Many people know that they need to have such a soulful advocate, a person who is “souly” for them.
1975, WomanSpirit:
i am music , music is me Music is my heart and my soul. It is the best way I know of to tell the truth. [...] it's a trip to know them souly from their music. I'm not embarrassed to tell exactly who I am through music. I love music and music loves me[…]
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2021 June 8, Arthur Sullivan, Basil Hood, The Rose of Persia, Graphic Arts Books, →ISBN:
SULTAN: Simple souly lowly holy Dervish! ENSEMBLE. PHYSICIAN: Twirling whirling simple souly lowly Holy Dog of a Dancing Dervish! VIZIER: Simple souly lowly Holy Dog of a Dancing Dervish! […]
2014 September 4, Earla Wilputte, Passion and Language in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Aesthetic Sublime in the Work of Eliza Haywood, Aaron Hill, and Martha Fowke, Springer, →ISBN:
"Life, in a souly Deluge, rushes o'er, / And the charm'd Heart springs out, at every Pore." Tingling, throbbing, aching, and burning are easily imagined physical responses; however, “Life” rushing out in a “souly Deluge” is less[…]
2011 August 4, Maxim Jakubowski, The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries, C & R Crime, →ISBN:
