loathsomelyadv.
/ˈləʊðs(ə)mli/, /ˈləʊθs(ə)mli/, U.S. /ˈloʊθsəmli/, /ˈloʊðsəmli/ In a loathsome manner.† 2. With reluctance or hesitation, reluctantly.
1. In a manner to excite loathing; disgustingly, foully, repulsively, shockingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [adverb]
loathlya1000
foullyOE
loathsomelya1400
fulsomelya1425
foulily1489
obscenely1598
nastily1611
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adverb]
loathlya1000
loathsomelya1400
hatefullyc1425
heinouslyc1440
abominably1447
ugsomelyc1450
odiouslya1500
detestably1531
abominationly1592
obscenely1598
repellingly1811
repellently1812
nauseatingly1815
obnoxiously1828
sickeningly1839
rebarbatively1934
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adverb] > in a manner to excite loathing
loathsomelya1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15825 Þei..lugged him loþsumly: ouer hilles dale & slowȝe.
1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ii. iv. f. 75 No deade carion so lothsomelye stinkethe in the nose of anye earthlye manne, as [etc.].
1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 209 Those that are..lothsomely apparelled, may knock long before they enter.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 371 Alexander..rotted lothsomely.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. ii. 174 Favourites must be now observ'd, little Engines of Power attended on, and loathsomly caress'd.
1868 J. Ruskin Time & Tide (1891) vi. 35 Our English masks are only stupidly and loathsomely ugly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]
unwillc893
uneathc900
unthankc960
latelyOE
against a person's willa1225
loatha1340
grutchingly1340
at one's unthanksa1400
wandsomely?a1400
at (or again) one's unwillesc1400
uneathsa1425
unwilfully1435
invitec1450
tarrowinglyc1480
scantly1509
nicely1530
tarryingly1530
unwillingly?1531
loathly1547
faintly1548
evil-willingly1549
grudgingly1549
difficultly1551
loathsomely1561
dangerously1573
ill-willing1579
backwardlya1586
costively1598
with an ill will1601
with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614
sadly1622
tenderlya1628
reluctantly1646
shyly1701
uncheerfully1754
à contre-coeur1803
shrinkingly1817
retractatively1851
begrudgingly1853
forcibly1867
loathfully1887
tharfly1894
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 106 Nothing ought to be lothesomly receiued, which [etc.].
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