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Definitions for Loathly
ˈloʊθ li, ˈloʊð-loath·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yuckyadjective

    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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Loathlyadjective

    Hateful; abhorred; exciting hatred.

    Etymology: from loath.

    An huge great dragon, horrible in sight,
    Bred in the loathly lakes of Tartary,
    With murd’rous ravin. Fairy Queen, b. i.

    The people fear me; for they do observe
    Unfather’d heirs, and loathly births of nature. William Shakespeare.

    Sour-ey’d disdain, and discord shall bestow
    The union of your bed with weeds so loathly,
    That you shall hate it. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

  2. Loathlyadverb

    Unwillingly; without liking or inclination.

    Etymology: from loath.

    The upper streams make such haste to have their part of embracing, that the nether, though lothly, must needs give place unto them. Philip Sidney.

    Lothly opposite I stood
    To his unnat’ral purpose. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    This shews that you from nature lothly stray,
    That suffer not an artificial day. John Donne.

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  1. loathly

    Loathly is an adjective that describes something or someone as extremely disgusting, unpleasant, repellent, or offensive. It's used to express strong dislike or aversion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loathlyadjective

    loathsome

  2. Loathlyadverb

    unwillingly; reluctantly

  3. Loathlyadverb

    (/) So as to cause loathing

  4. Etymology: [AS. llic.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Loathly in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Loathly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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