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Loathly

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Loathsome; hideous.

    "Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine, / Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told, / And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine, / The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold; / So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould."

Adjective
  1. 1
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
  2. 2
    Unwillingly; reluctantly.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċ (“loathly, hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant”); equivalent to loath + -ly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċe (“hatefully”), from lāþlīċ + -e (adverbial suffix); equivalent to loath + -ly.

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