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loathsomely, adv.|ˈləʊðsəmlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a loathsome manner.
1. In a manner to excite loathing; disgustingly, foully, repulsively, shockingly.
a1425Cursor M. 15825 (Trin.) Þei..lugged him loþsumly ouer hilles dale & slowȝe. 1547–64Bauldwin Mor. Philos. (Palfr.) 48 No dead carrion so loathsomely stincketh in the nose of any earthly man, as [etc.]. 1577Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 209 Those that are..lothsomely apparelled, may knock long before they enter. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 371 Alexander..rotted lothsomely. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. III. 174 Favourites must be now observ'd, little Engines of Power attended on, and loathsomly caress'd. 1868Ruskin Time & Tide vi. (1891) 35 Our English masks are only stupidly and loathsomely ugly.
†2. With reluctance or hesitation, reluctantly.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 106 Nothing ought to be lothesomly receiued, which [etc.]. |