Trump says he's been saying "big league," not "bigly." Isn't that worse?

[fried eggs]

I've heard "big league" used in the modern day context. Which way is Trump using it? Is he using 1950s slang?

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. He should e-nun-ci-ate.

[Glamrock]

2. We're gonna win big league?

That makes even less sense than bigly.

[pinboy3niner]

3. He uses it oddly, as an adverb, when its common usage is as an adjective

That's one reason why it strikes people as so weird.

[Glamrock]

4. Aaaah

So what you're saying is....he's an idiot.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Oddly, the first time I heard him say it, it was obvious it was 'big league'

and I can't understand why so many people had mistaken it for 'bigly'. It's as if they'd never heard the phrase 'big league'.

What is the 'modern day context' to you, and how does that differ from '1950s slang'?

As for using it as an adverb - meh. 'Big time' started off as an adjective, and then people also used it as an adverb. I really don't think there's a problem with Trump doing the same with "big league". Much of his speech is mangled to to point of meaninglessness, but this is actually one facet of it that has a clear meaning.

[sorefeet]

6. He said bigly and someone has

pointed it out to him that it sounds stupid so now he is back tracking. Lie some more loser Don the Con.

[lonestarnot]

7. I heard the stupid fuck use it yesterday. "bigly"