foullyadv.

Brit.

/ˈfaʊlli/, U.S.

/ˈfaʊ(l)li/

Forms: Old English–early Middle English fulice, early Middle English fuliche, early Middle English fulliche, Middle English fouli, Middle English fouliche, Middle English fuli (northern), Middle English uoulliche (south-eastern), Middle English–1600s fowly, Middle English–1700s fouly, Middle English– foully; also Scottish pre-1700 foulelie, pre-1700 foullely, pre-1700 foullie, pre-1700 fowlely, pre-1700 fulely, pre-1700 fuly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foul adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < foul adj. + -ly suffix². Compare (chiefly in moral uses) Old Frisian fūllike , Middle Dutch vuullike (early modern Dutch vuylijc ), Middle Low German vūlik , vūliken , Middle High German vūllīchen , Old Icelandic fúliga , Old Swedish fullika (early modern Swedish fuliga ). Compare foul adv.

a. In a manner which is unpleasant or offensive to the senses; disgustingly, revoltingly. Usually with reference to something dirty, fetid, or foul-smelling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adverb]

fouleOE

foullyOE

puantlya1529

stinkingly1545

rammishly1567

noisomely1589

stinking1589

rankfully1607

rancidly1637

sulphuriously1638

pungently1658

rankly1661

sulphureously1677

overcomingly1840

loud1871

unfragrantly1883

malodorously1903

society > morality > moral evil > [adverb] > with moral foulness

fenliche?c1225

foully1699

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 254 He [sc. the exorcized devil] ne moste faran þurh þone muð ut.., ac fullice ferde þurh his forðgang ut.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 160 Þe lecheur iþe deofles curt bi fuleð him seoluen fulliche & his feolaȝes alle.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6353 Þe water was al suete alson, þe water þat sua fuli stanc.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 96 (MED) It es better þai be eten with fewles..þan foully to be eten in þe erthe with wormes.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 77 Though she were sweete, nowe fowly doth she stinke.

1642 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes ix. ix. 36 Their service is unsweet and foully taint.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. iv. 52 They can scarce meet with one Passage..that do's not..foully disgust their curious..Palates.

a1745 J. Swift Answer Lindsay's Paulus in W. King Dreamer (1754) 89 Your num'rous virtues foully stain'd.

1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 205 Her Eye inflam'd, her face all o'er Foully besmear'd with human gore.

1894 Illustr. London News 17 Feb. 198/3 They had spilled oil, and the place reeked foully.

1994 T. Winton Riders (1995) xxix. 204 One backpacker began to blurt and gasp foully at the rail. Scully turned his back to the puker.

b. So as to create an ugly or repulsive appearance; hideously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adverb]

foully1525

deformedly1593

1525 J. Gough tr. J. Ryckes Ymage of Loue v. sig. C.ii^v I loked vpon this glasse & I coude se nothynge but my owne face fouly deformed wt many foule spottes.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Biiij^v We calle him goose, and disarde doulte, And fowlye fatted nowle.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 466 Foulely defaced with Sinne.

1797 W. Magee Serm. Trinity Coll., Dublin 29 The mask of that superstition, which has so foully disfigured its genuine features.

1855 G. G. Cunningham Hist. Eng. I. 407 They have described his [sc. Richard III's] form as foully distorted, and his features as expressive of the deep malignity of his soul.

1999 T. Chase Heart of Deception xxix. 447 Her face was foully disfigured by smallpox.

a. In a wicked, cruel, or dishonest manner; abominably, shamefully; treacherously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]

noughtlyeOE

wrothec888

unrighteouslyeOE

foullyOE

naughtlyOE

wrothlyc1200

litherlya1225

unwraste?c1225

illc1275

vilelyc1290

shrewdly13..

felonly1303

unwrastlyc1320

viciouslya1325

diverselyc1325

wickly1338

lewdlyc1384

badlyc1405

foula1425

mischievouslyc1426

felonously1436

felonmentc1470

wickedfullyc1480

villainously1484

meschantlya1492

sinisterly1491

noughtily1528

naughtily?1529

perniciously1533

illy1549

naught1549

bad1575

evilly1581

nefariously1599

scelerately1632

improbously1657

piggishly1756

iniquitously1796

pervertedly1804

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]

foullyOE

ranklyOE

awly?c1225

wickc1330

deeplyc1384

cursedlyc1386

outrageouslya1387

wickeda1400

outragelya1425

heinouslyc1440

enormly1538

arrantly?1548

enormouslya1617

flagitiously1622

enormiouslya1641

flagrantly1756

atrociously1765

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adverb]

loathlya1000

foullyOE

loathsomelya1400

fulsomelya1425

foulily1489

obscenely1598

nastily1611

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > heinously

foullyOE

deeplyc1384

outrageouslya1387

outragelya1425

heinouslyc1440

rankly?1534

enormly1538

enormouslya1617

flagitiously1622

enormiouslya1641

atrociously1765

OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo ad Populum (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 435 Hi gremedon God mid gramlicum dædum, and fullice lyfedon on fulum synnum æfre.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 173 Hie hadden swo fulliche suneged.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 40 Huanne me brecþ oþer stelþ oþer draȝþ uoulliche þe halȝede þinges.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16461 Iudas..bihelde & seȝe How foulely þei wiþ him dalt.

a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 127 So betyn, so woundyd, Entretyd so fuly.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 Al trust fowlye breaking.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 212 Forsooth, yee doe fowly to smite a King annoynted.

1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding ⁋159 I had not..transgressed so foully as he.

1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. iii. 24 Filbert still is true. I fouly wrong'd him.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 25 From mine own earldom foully ousted me.

1928 Cornishman 16 May 4/3 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson wrote his memoirs before he was foully assassinated on his own doorstep.

2016 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 27 Nov. Jo Cox, a shiningly good person, was foully murdered.

b. In an obscene or impure manner; esp. with coarse or impolite language.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adverb]

uncleanlyOE

impurely1612

foully?1614

?1614 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Odysses vi. 95 These vile vulgars are extreamly proud, And fouly languag'd.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 179 Dost thou desire her fowly, for those things That make her good?

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ix. xxxv. 130 Boldly the rash blasphemer he defi'd, And forc't him eat the words he foully spake.

1859 Glasgow Herald 7 Sept. 4/1 All of them drank deeply and swore foully.

1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 265 Still Madlier the revel, foullier went the jest.

1913 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 9/2 ‘You talk foully, my son,’ he said. ‘You are infected with some evil spirit.’

1997 Observer 28 Dec. (Review section) 14/5 When I lose I throw rackets; I break rackets. I swear foully if I'm passed.

3. To a severe or serious degree; sorely, grievously. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]

heavilyc897

sharplyc900

hardeOE

sharpc1000

sorec1000

hardlyOE

etelichec1175

sorelyc1275

straita1300

sourc1300

grievously1303

drearilya1400

foullya1400

felly?c1400

snapelyc1420

durely1477

penallya1500

shrewlya1529

shrewdlyc1533

asperously1547

heinouslya1555

sensibly1613

instantly1638

shrowardly1664

severelya1682

atrociously1765

punishingly1839

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] > grievously or extremely

swith971

hardOE

teenfullya1375

foullya1400

thickc1400

violently?a1425

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 18788 (MED) His kyn wol he not forsake But we vs fouly mystake.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 156 Quha vist euir men sa fouly fall As vs, gif that we thusgat leif?

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye sig. Evii Surely they be fowlye deceyued.

1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1217 He fell sicke of the small poxe, wherewith hee..was..foulely tormented.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 123 Pope Formosus was foully offended.

1794 M. Harley Prince of Leon I. 142 The dormant flame shall blaze at once, and avenge my parent's wrongs, for they have been foully injured.

1881 R. Buchanan God & Man ii. vi An innocent man foully taxed and troubled.

1966 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 783/4 [The man] who, he was convinced, had foully oppressed and exploited the peoples committed to his charge.

4. With contempt or opprobrium; insultingly, abusively. Now somewhat archaic and rare.Often, esp. in later use, difficult to distinguish from sense 2, with reference to the cruelty or obscenity of the language used.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] > strongly (of language)

foullyc1400

largelya1450

liberally1614

swearinglya1617

thunderingly1680

lusciously1710

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adverb]

foullyc1400

opprobriouslya1513

revilingly1548

invectivelyc1550

railingly1552

abusively?1593

vituperiously1632

opprobrious1716

vituperatively1831

abusefully1914

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 96 Thenne gan faith foully þe false Iewes to despisen.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. J/1 The thinges wherein Gods name is fouly abused.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 152 For whose death, we..Liue scandaliz'd and fouly spoken of.

a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 96 The other two [letters] did fully and fowly set forth his obstinacie.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxx. 163 The Pope hearing thereof, belibelled him more fouly then ever before.

1796 Whitehall Evening Post 5–7 July The Army and the clergy were most foully calumniated.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 234 The gentlemen who had been so foully slandered.

1974 Illustr. London News Apr. 31/2 Outraged, the people of Aldershot promptly held a protest meeting to allege, somewhat unreasonably, that they had been foully libelled.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foully
释义	† foullyadj. Forms: late Middle English–1500s fouly, late Middle English fowly, Old English fulic; Scottish pre-1700 fouly, pre-1700 fowlly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: foul adj. -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < foul adj. + -ly suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch vuullijc, Middle Low German vūlik, Middle High German vūllich, all rare. Obsolete. Foul, loathsome, unclean. Frequently figurative with reference to moral or spiritual corruption. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adjective] > specifically of things, actions, or thoughts foullyeOE uncleanOE lairya1340 violate?c1500 unracked1581 muddy1600 impure1613 unrinsed1620 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xiv. 83 Ðæt he ne ðyrfe an nane healfe anbugan to nanum fullicum & synlicum luste. OE tr. Felix St. Guthlac (Vesp.) (1909) v. 128 Hie wæron fulice and orfyrme on heora beardum [L. squalida barba]; and hi [hæfdon] ruge earan, and woh nebb. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1089 (MED) Erne had he full huge and vgly to schewe..And þe flesche in his fortethe fowly as a bere. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7809 It was sa fouly sa defuyled. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 70 What a fouly offence it is to liue so vnclenly. Derivatives foulily adv. in a foul or loathsome manner; foully. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adverb] loathlya1000 foullyOE loathsomelya1400 fulsomelya1425 foulily1489 obscenely1598 nastily1611 the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adverb] loathlyc1400 foulily1489 loathingly1606 detestedly1836 bitterly1849 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. l. 276 Quhen ye kingis cumpany Saw yat yai fled sa foulyly. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vi. iii. l. 8 Fowllyly hym demenbryd þai. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021). foullyadv. Brit. /ˈfaʊlli/, U.S. /ˈfaʊ(l)li/ Forms: Old English–early Middle English fulice, early Middle English fuliche, early Middle English fulliche, Middle English fouli, Middle English fouliche, Middle English fuli (northern), Middle English uoulliche (south-eastern), Middle English–1600s fowly, Middle English–1700s fouly, Middle English– foully; also Scottish pre-1700 foulelie, pre-1700 foullely, pre-1700 foullie, pre-1700 fowlely, pre-1700 fulely, pre-1700 fuly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foul adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < foul adj. + -ly suffix². Compare (chiefly in moral uses) Old Frisian fūllike , Middle Dutch vuullike (early modern Dutch vuylijc ), Middle Low German vūlik , vūliken , Middle High German vūllīchen , Old Icelandic fúliga , Old Swedish fullika (early modern Swedish fuliga ). Compare foul adv. 1. a. In a manner which is unpleasant or offensive to the senses; disgustingly, revoltingly. Usually with reference to something dirty, fetid, or foul-smelling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adverb] fouleOE foullyOE puantlya1529 stinkingly1545 rammishly1567 noisomely1589 stinking1589 rankfully1607 rancidly1637 sulphuriously1638 pungently1658 rankly1661 sulphureously1677 overcomingly1840 loud1871 unfragrantly1883 malodorously1903 society > morality > moral evil > [adverb] > with moral foulness fenliche?c1225 foully1699 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 254 He [sc. the exorcized devil] ne moste faran þurh þone muð ut.., ac fullice ferde þurh his forðgang ut. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 160 Þe lecheur iþe deofles curt bi fuleð him seoluen fulliche & his feolaȝes alle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6353 Þe water was al suete alson, þe water þat sua fuli stanc. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 96 (MED) It es better þai be eten with fewles..þan foully to be eten in þe erthe with wormes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 77 Though she were sweete, nowe fowly doth she stinke. 1642 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes ix. ix. 36 Their service is unsweet and foully taint. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. iv. 52 They can scarce meet with one Passage..that do's not..foully disgust their curious..Palates. a1745 J. Swift Answer Lindsay's Paulus in W. King Dreamer (1754) 89 Your num'rous virtues foully stain'd. 1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 205 Her Eye inflam'd, her face all o'er Foully besmear'd with human gore. 1894 Illustr. London News 17 Feb. 198/3 They had spilled oil, and the place reeked foully. 1994 T. Winton Riders (1995) xxix. 204 One backpacker began to blurt and gasp foully at the rail. Scully turned his back to the puker. b. So as to create an ugly or repulsive appearance; hideously. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adverb] foully1525 deformedly1593 1525 J. Gough tr. J. Ryckes Ymage of Loue v. sig. C.ii^v I loked vpon this glasse & I coude se nothynge but my owne face fouly deformed wt many foule spottes. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Biiij^v We calle him goose, and disarde doulte, And fowlye fatted nowle. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 466 Foulely defaced with Sinne. 1797 W. Magee Serm. Trinity Coll., Dublin 29 The mask of that superstition, which has so foully disfigured its genuine features. 1855 G. G. Cunningham Hist. Eng. I. 407 They have described his [sc. Richard III's] form as foully distorted, and his features as expressive of the deep malignity of his soul. 1999 T. Chase Heart of Deception xxix. 447 Her face was foully disfigured by smallpox. 2. a. In a wicked, cruel, or dishonest manner; abominably, shamefully; treacherously. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb] noughtlyeOE wrothec888 unrighteouslyeOE foullyOE naughtlyOE wrothlyc1200 litherlya1225 unwraste?c1225 illc1275 vilelyc1290 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 unwrastlyc1320 viciouslya1325 diverselyc1325 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 badlyc1405 foula1425 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 noughtily1528 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 illy1549 naught1549 bad1575 evilly1581 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 piggishly1756 iniquitously1796 pervertedly1804 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb] foullyOE ranklyOE awly?c1225 wickc1330 deeplyc1384 cursedlyc1386 outrageouslya1387 wickeda1400 outragelya1425 heinouslyc1440 enormly1538 arrantly?1548 enormouslya1617 flagitiously1622 enormiouslya1641 flagrantly1756 atrociously1765 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adverb] loathlya1000 foullyOE loathsomelya1400 fulsomelya1425 foulily1489 obscenely1598 nastily1611 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > heinously foullyOE deeplyc1384 outrageouslya1387 outragelya1425 heinouslyc1440 rankly?1534 enormly1538 enormouslya1617 flagitiously1622 enormiouslya1641 atrociously1765 OE Ælfric Homily: Sermo ad Populum (Corpus Cambr. 188) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 435 Hi gremedon God mid gramlicum dædum, and fullice lyfedon on fulum synnum æfre. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 173 Hie hadden swo fulliche suneged. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 40 Huanne me brecþ oþer stelþ oþer draȝþ uoulliche þe halȝede þinges. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16461 Iudas..bihelde & seȝe How foulely þei wiþ him dalt. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 127 So betyn, so woundyd, Entretyd so fuly. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 46 Al trust fowlye breaking. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 212 Forsooth, yee doe fowly to smite a King annoynted. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding ⁋159 I had not..transgressed so foully as he. 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. iii. 24 Filbert still is true. I fouly wrong'd him. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 25 From mine own earldom foully ousted me. 1928 Cornishman 16 May 4/3 Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson wrote his memoirs before he was foully assassinated on his own doorstep. 2016 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 27 Nov. Jo Cox, a shiningly good person, was foully murdered. b. In an obscene or impure manner; esp. with coarse or impolite language. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adverb] uncleanlyOE impurely1612 foully?1614 ?1614 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Odysses vi. 95 These vile vulgars are extreamly proud, And fouly languag'd. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 179 Dost thou desire her fowly, for those things That make her good? View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ix. xxxv. 130 Boldly the rash blasphemer he defi'd, And forc't him eat the words he foully spake. 1859 Glasgow Herald 7 Sept. 4/1 All of them drank deeply and swore foully. 1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 265 Still Madlier the revel, foullier went the jest. 1913 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 9/2 ‘You talk foully, my son,’ he said. ‘You are infected with some evil spirit.’ 1997 Observer 28 Dec. (Review section) 14/5 When I lose I throw rackets; I break rackets. I swear foully if I'm passed. 3. To a severe or serious degree; sorely, grievously. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] heavilyc897 sharplyc900 hardeOE sharpc1000 sorec1000 hardlyOE etelichec1175 sorelyc1275 straita1300 sourc1300 grievously1303 drearilya1400 foullya1400 felly?c1400 snapelyc1420 durely1477 penallya1500 shrewlya1529 shrewdlyc1533 asperously1547 heinouslya1555 sensibly1613 instantly1638 shrowardly1664 severelya1682 atrociously1765 punishingly1839 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] > grievously or extremely swith971 hardOE teenfullya1375 foullya1400 thickc1400 violently?a1425 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 18788 (MED) His kyn wol he not forsake But we vs fouly mystake. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 156 Quha vist euir men sa fouly fall As vs, gif that we thusgat leif? 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye sig. Evii Surely they be fowlye deceyued. 1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1217 He fell sicke of the small poxe, wherewith hee..was..foulely tormented. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 123 Pope Formosus was foully offended. 1794 M. Harley Prince of Leon I. 142 The dormant flame shall blaze at once, and avenge my parent's wrongs, for they have been foully injured. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man ii. vi An innocent man foully taxed and troubled. 1966 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Sept. 783/4 [The man] who, he was convinced, had foully oppressed and exploited the peoples committed to his charge. 4. With contempt or opprobrium; insultingly, abusively. Now somewhat archaic and rare.Often, esp. in later use, difficult to distinguish from sense 2, with reference to the cruelty or obscenity of the language used. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] > strongly (of language) foullyc1400 largelya1450 liberally1614 swearinglya1617 thunderingly1680 lusciously1710 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adverb] foullyc1400 opprobriouslya1513 revilingly1548 invectivelyc1550 railingly1552 abusively?1593 vituperiously1632 opprobrious1716 vituperatively1831 abusefully1914 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xxi. l. 96 Thenne gan faith foully þe false Iewes to despisen. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. J/1 The thinges wherein Gods name is fouly abused. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 152 For whose death, we..Liue scandaliz'd and fouly spoken of. View more context for this quotation a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 96 The other two [letters] did fully and fowly set forth his obstinacie. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxx. 163 The Pope hearing thereof, belibelled him more fouly then ever before. 1796 Whitehall Evening Post 5–7 July The Army and the clergy were most foully calumniated. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 234 The gentlemen who had been so foully slandered. 1974 Illustr. London News Apr. 31/2 Outraged, the people of Aldershot promptly held a protest meeting to allege, somewhat unreasonably, that they had been foully libelled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOEadv.OE
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† foullyadj.

Derivatives

foullyadv.