jeezlyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈdʒiːzli/, U.S.

/ˈdʒizli/, Canadian English

/ˈdʒiːzli/

Forms: 1900s– jeasely, 1900s– jeasley, 1900s– jeasly, 1900s– jeesly, 1900s– jeezely, 1900s– jeezly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jeez int., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < Jeez int. + -ly suffix¹.Compare slightly earlier jesusly in similar use: 1885 C. F. Lummis Let. 5 Jan. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 228 His only conversation was..of ‘what a jesusly time’ he had killing off enough Navajos.

U.S. regional (chiefly Maine) and Canadian colloquial.

A. adj.

As an intensifier: damned, darned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

adjective1851

something1859

adjectived1869

qualified1886

epitheted1896

adj.1903

jiggering1903

adjectival1907

jeezly1908

blerry1920

bluggy1921

somethinged1922

socking1941

bleeping1957

naffing1959

1908 Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) 3 Dec. ‘There's fish down there, skipper!’ he yells... ‘It's a jeesly raft, too,’ he adds.

1957 J. Marshall Lovers & Strangers 84 Great jumping everlasting God. I like trees and space as well as the next fellow. But this is a jeezly forest.

2015 Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia) (Nexis) 28 July 3 Being nothing if not petty and parochial, I'd like to argue that if the East Coast can get some giant jeezly statue in a national park, then we on the West Coast should get the same.

B. adv.

As an intensifier: very, extremely; damnably.

ΚΠ

1968 ‘R. Hooker’ MASH xv. 196 Never again..will we ever be as close with anyone as we were in that goddamned tent for the past year... I'm glad it happened, and I'm some jeezly glad it's over.

1977 Gazette-Reporter (Rivers, Manitoba) 7 Apr. 7/1 You emit something between a groan and a squeal of pure pain as you clamber down from that jeesly high bed.

2003 National Post (Canada) 24 Mar. al6/6 Holy whistlin', that was a jeezly good blow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jeezly
释义	jeezlyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈdʒiːzli/, U.S. /ˈdʒizli/, Canadian English /ˈdʒiːzli/ Forms: 1900s– jeasely, 1900s– jeasley, 1900s– jeasly, 1900s– jeesly, 1900s– jeezely, 1900s– jeezly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jeez int., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < Jeez int. + -ly suffix¹.Compare slightly earlier jesusly in similar use: 1885 C. F. Lummis Let. 5 Jan. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 228 His only conversation was..of ‘what a jesusly time’ he had killing off enough Navajos. U.S. regional (chiefly Maine) and Canadian colloquial. A. adj. As an intensifier: damned, darned. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths adjective1851 something1859 adjectived1869 qualified1886 epitheted1896 adj.1903 jiggering1903 adjectival1907 jeezly1908 blerry1920 bluggy1921 somethinged1922 socking1941 bleeping1957 naffing1959 1908 Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) 3 Dec. ‘There's fish down there, skipper!’ he yells... ‘It's a jeesly raft, too,’ he adds. 1957 J. Marshall Lovers & Strangers 84 Great jumping everlasting God. I like trees and space as well as the next fellow. But this is a jeezly forest. 2015 Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia) (Nexis) 28 July 3 Being nothing if not petty and parochial, I'd like to argue that if the East Coast can get some giant jeezly statue in a national park, then we on the West Coast should get the same. B. adv. As an intensifier: very, extremely; damnably. ΚΠ 1968 ‘R. Hooker’ MASH xv. 196 Never again..will we ever be as close with anyone as we were in that goddamned tent for the past year... I'm glad it happened, and I'm some jeezly glad it's over. 1977 Gazette-Reporter (Rivers, Manitoba) 7 Apr. 7/1 You emit something between a groan and a squeal of pure pain as you clamber down from that jeesly high bed. 2003 National Post (Canada) 24 Mar. al6/6 Holy whistlin', that was a jeezly good blow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1908
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