Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Loathsome.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Loathsome; disgusting.
  • In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
  • Unwillingly; reluctantly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Loathsome.
  • adverb Unwillingly; reluctantly.
  • adverb obsolete So as to cause loathing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a loathsome manner; disgustingly.
  • adverb Unwillingly; reluctantly.
  • adjective loathsome; hideous

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English lothly, from Old English lāthlīc : lāth, hateful + -līc, like; see –ly.]

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From Middle English *lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċe ("hatefully"), equivalent to loath +‎ -ly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīc ("loathly, hateful, horrible, repulsive, unpleasant"), equivalent to loath +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Also the yellowessness of these ear thingys will likely change to blackesness later on making them a loathly addition to your goth-emo persona.

    Regretsy – Auction #5 2010

  • The one story I do like is the “loathly lady” where one of the knights is pressured into marrying an old hag.

    Kingmaking and author Q&A Tripp 2009

  • Half of it is Orpheus+Selkies+Thomas the Rhymer+Gawain and the loathly lady.

    NaNoWriMo 2009 2009

  • They add that, although it is loathly and horrible to look upon, being in the form of a skeleton, I yet give it especial honour and call it in the Greek tongue, basileus, my king.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • It is then as mysterious an art as it is loathly and horrible; it needs as

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • The grim and loathly aspect with which the falconer had regarded Oliver

    The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

  • No! when a husband she loathes is mated with a woman, even life is loathly to her.

    Helen 2008

  • Now, since thou hast dared this loathly crime, come, look thy father in the face.

    Hippolytus 2008

  • They add that, although it is loathly and horrible to look upon, being in the form of a skeleton, I yet give it especial honour and call it in the Greek tongue, basileus, my king.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • It is then as mysterious an art as it is loathly and horrible; it needs as

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

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