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loathly¹

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

adjective loathlier · loathliest · lothly · laithly · laidly

  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.

loathly²

Where it comes from

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

adverb loathlier · loathliest · lothly · laithly · laidly

  1. In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
  2. Unwillingly; reluctantly.

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@misc{loathly_2026,
  title = {loathly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loathly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}