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Lothly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a loth manner.

    "The bodies which the plague had ſlaine were (O moſt wretched caſe) / Not caried forth to buriall now. For why ſuch ſtore there was / That ſcarce the gates were wyde inough for Coffins forth to paſſe. / So eyther lothly on the ground vnburied did they lie, / Or elſe without ſolemnitie were burnt in bonfires hie / No reuerence nor regard was had."

Etymology

From Middle English *lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċe (“hatefully”); equivalent to loth + -ly.

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