† ruthlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Sorrowful, piteous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adjective]
armlyeOE
unseelyOE
rulyOE
ruefulc1225
ruthfulc1225
sorryc1225
piteousc1300
poorc1300
ruthlyc1300
pietousa1393
pitifulc1450
lamentablec1460
miserable?a1475
pitiablec1475
execrable1490
plainful1555
tristsum1567
passionatea1586
touchinga1586
pathetic1591
melting1593
remorseful?1615
compassionate1630
compassionable1635
ruesome1833
po'1866
little-boy-lost1957
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 6806 Ich ȝou telle rouþliche [c1275 reoliche] spelles of mochele sorinesse þat iseȝe his to londe.
c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 275 (MED) He mette..A naked pilgrym..þat preyed him wiþ reuthly mode þat he schulde helpe him.
a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 115 Whan Iewes to þe þe cros betoke. Þou bare hit forth with reuthly [a1425 BL Add. rewly] chere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† ruthlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Sorrowfully, piteously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb]
sorelyc888
yomerlya1000
yomerea1250
ruthlya1400
mourninglya1425
sorrowinglya1425
lamentably1470
in sackcloth and ashes1526
tragically1567
plaintively1593
lamentinglyc1610
bemoaningly1646
complainingly1816
deploringly1847
sighfully1900
a1400 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Egerton) l. 1578 Wel rewthelych [a1500 Chetham Petiously; c1330 Auch. Reuliche he gan to hem crie].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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