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Loathly definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOATHLY, a. Hateful; exciting hatred. Obs.
LOATHLY, adv. Unwillingly; reluctantly. [See Lothly.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: before 12th century loathsome, repulsive II. adverb Date: 15th century not willingly ; reluctantly

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loathly Loath"ly, a. [AS. l[=a]?lic.] Loathsome. [Obs.] `` Loathly mouth.'' --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Loathly Loath"ly, adv. 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly. This shows that you from nature loathly stray. --Donne. 2. (?) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.] With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight. --Fairfax.