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Definition of Laidly
1. a. Ugly; loathsome.
Definition of Laidly
1. Adjective. (UK Scotland dialect) ugly; loathsome ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laidly
1. loathly [adj] - See also: loathly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laidly
Literary usage of Laidly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
"Then Childe Wynd went up to the laidly Worm and kissed it once ; but no change
came over it. Then Childe Wynd kissed it once more ; but yet no change came ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"In his annual report of the Bombay Geographical Society, from May 1849 to August
1850, is., Dr. Buist, on the authority of Mr. laidly, stated the ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"Thereupon Mrs. laidly moved the court to dismiss the suit as to Huntington and wife,
... On the eighth of November, Mrs. laidly moved that it be remanded, ..."
4. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"See laidly worm of Laird and the man of peace. Ewing. Old-fashioned fairy tales.
Laird o' Co*. Douglas. Scottish fairy tales. ..."
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