laithly

/ˈleɪθli/
adjective
  1. Unpleasant or disgusting in appearance, smell, or character; loathsome.
    • The swamp gave off a laithly odor that made everyone cover their noses.
    • She found the politician's laithly behavior during the debate hard to watch.
    • The old, abandoned house had a laithly smell of mold and decay.
  2. Reluctant or unwilling; feeling aversion.
    • She felt laithly about accepting the job offer so far from her family.
    • The cat seemed laithly to come inside from the warm sunshine.
    • He was laithly to admit he had made a mistake in front of the whole class.
adverb
  1. In a way that is disgusting or repulsive.
    • The garbage had been sitting in the sun so long it smelled laithly.
    • He grinned laithly, showing yellowed teeth and a cruel glint in his eye.
    • The old stew had turned laithly green and was covered in fuzzy mold.
  2. In a reluctant or unwilling manner.
    • The dog laithly left his cozy bed to go outside in the rain.
    • She laithly agreed to go to the party, knowing she would be bored.
    • He laithly handed over his phone when the teacher asked for it.
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