loathly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Loathsome; hideous.
    — Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine, / Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told, / And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine, / The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold; / So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould.
副词 adv.
  1. In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
  2. Unwillingly; reluctantly.

词形变化

loathlier comparative loathliest superlative lothly alternative laithly alternative,dialectal laidly alternative,dialectal loathlier comparative loathliest superlative lothly alternative laithly alternative,dialectal laidly alternative,dialectal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċ (“loathly, hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant”); equivalent to loath + -ly.
词源 2
From Middle English *lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċe (“hatefully”), from lāþlīċ + -e (adverbial suffix); equivalent to loath + -ly.
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