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English Dictionary: loathly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loathly
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loathly \Loath"ly\, a. [AS. l[be][?]lic.]
      Loathsome. [Obs.] [bd] Loathly mouth.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loathly \Loath"ly\, adv.
      1. Unwillingly; reluctantly.
  
                     This shows that you from nature loathly stray.
                                                                              --Donne.
  
      2. ([?]) So as to cause loathing. [Obs.]
  
                     With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
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