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lothly

lothly adverb: in a loth manner.

Adverb

lothly (comparative more lothly, superlative most lothly)

  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...1567, Ovid, “The Seventh Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, folio 90, verso
    • Even the rank poplars bear / Lothly a rival's air.1887, Thomas Hardy, In a Wood

Forms of lothly

comparativemore lothly
superlativemost lothly
alternative formloathly

Origin of lothly

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

Questions about lothly

What does lothly mean?
Lothly means in a loth manner.
What part of speech is lothly?
Lothly is an adverb.

Words near lothly in the dictionary

  1. lother
  2. lothest
  3. lothfull
  4. Lothian
  5. Lothians
  6. lothly
  7. lotholder
  8. lotholders
  9. Lothringia
  10. Lothringian
  11. Lothringians

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