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loathly

1

[ lohth-lee, lohth- ]

adverb

  1. reluctantly; unwillingly.


loathly

2

[ lohth-lee, lohth- ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. loathsome; hideous; repulsive.

loathly

1

/ ˈ±ôəʊθ±ôɪ /

adverb

  1. with reluctance; unwillingly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

loathly

2

/ ˈ±ôəʊð±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for loathsome
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of loathly1

before 1000; Middle English lothliche, Old English ±ôÄå³Ù³ó±ôÄ«³¦±ð. See loath, -ly (adv. suffix)

Origin of loathly2

before 900; Middle English lothlic ( e ), Old English ±ôÄå³Ù³ó±ôÄ«³¦. See loath, -ly (adj. suffix)
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Example Sentences

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As if he thinks I am not loathly, as though he does not find my mortality contagious.

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She had re-membered the stories of her childhood, the most loathly and ancient bugaboo her nurse had ever frightened her with.

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And besides this Nature hath given unto man a countenance not terrible and loathly, as unto other brute beasts; but meek and demure, representing the very tokens of love and benevolence.

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Appalled by this vivid resemblance, and seeing before her an apparently endless continuance of a similar loathly landscape, Fidunia's trembling and really wearied limbs refused to carry her farther.

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For if they brought her here, if they confronted him with her, how loathly a figure he must cut even in his own eyes!

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