laithly
/ˈleɪθli/
adjective
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.