jesusly
/ˈd͡ʒiːzəsli/
jesusly is the alternative letter-case form of Jesusly.
Adverb capitalized: Jesusly
Jesusly (not comparable)
- Very, extremely.
- I am going over to the other camp, and I want you to watch this man. Keep an eye on me, and when you see me raise my hand, this-a-way, drop him so by-Jesusly quick he won’t even wriggle.1894 August, John Heard Jr., “The Killing of the Captain”, in The Cosmopolitan, page 449
- One severe attack lasting thirty-five minutes took place during an interview in my office, and was accompanied by what he described as “Jesusly painful” cramps.1925 June, Smith Ely Jelliffe, “Somatic pathology and psychopathology at the encephalitis crossroad”, in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, page 574
- Synonyms:
- damn, acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, impossibly, beyond, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily
Adjective capitalized: Jesusly
Jesusly (not comparable)
- A general intensifier.
- Whenever Webster picked up his cards, he exclaimed "Je m’en fous! What a Jesusly hand!"1942 Summer, Rudolph Umland, “Lumbering on the Gaspé”, in The University Review, University of Missouri, page 262
- “It was like a Jesusly burlesque show, without any women, until men started getting killed,” Tim said. […]
- Tim used the adjective “Jesusly” as a term of disdain, and “un-Jesusly” as a word of high praise.1947, Elliot Paul, Linden on the Saugus Branch, page 66
- Of, like, or resembling Jesus; Christian; godly.
- No candidate is entitled to your effort or vote who doesn’t come clean on the question of ending the rule of the military mind in our land, and removing from the backs of the American public the high cost of un-Jesusly fireworks like last Sunday’s Hell-bomb.1956 May 28, “Tongues of Fire”, in National Guardian, page 2
- So now that you understand religion’s gifts, you can understand why America chose to be a Godly nation. And by Godly I mean Jesusly.2006, Stephen Colbert, I Am America (and so can you), page 47
Synonyms of jesusly
Forms of jesusly
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Origin of jesusly
From Jesus + -ly (adverbial suffix). Compare godly. Compare also profane uses of damn, blessed, etc.
From Jesus + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare godly. Compare also profane uses of damn, blessed, etc.
Questions about jesusly
- What does jesusly mean?
- Jesusly means very, extremely.
- What is jesusly the alternative letter-case form of?
- Jesusly is the alternative letter-case form of Jesusly.
- What part of speech is jesusly?
- Jesusly can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jesusly?
- Jesusly is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːzəsli/.
Words near jesusly in the dictionary
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