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laidly

laidly adjective: ugly; loathsome.

Adjective

laidly (comparative more laidly, superlative most laidly)

  1. (Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal) ugly; loathsome

Forms of laidly

comparativemore laidly
superlativemost laidly

Origin of laidly

From Middle English laithlie (“ugly”), equivalent to loath+-ly.

Questions about laidly

What does laidly mean?
Laidly means ugly; loathsome.
What part of speech is laidly?
Laidly is an adjective.

Words near laidly in the dictionary

  1. Laidlaw
  2. Laidlaws
  3. Laidler
  4. Laidlers
  5. laidlomycin
  6. laidly
  7. laidst
  8. Laifeng
  9. Laihia
  10. laihunite
  11. laihunites

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