Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loathly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loathly \Loath"ly\, a. [AS. l[=a]?lic.]
Loathsome. [Obs.] `` Loathly mouth.'' --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loathly
adj : 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}, {loathsome}, {repellent},
{repellant}, {repelling}, {revolting}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
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