'Litherly' definitions:
Definition of 'Litherly'
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- Lither \Li"ther\ (l[imac]"[th][~e]r), a. [AS. l[=y][eth]er bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. --Bp. Woolton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky. -- {Li"ther*ly}, adv. [Obs.]. -- {Li"ther*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Litherly'
From: GCIDE
- Litherly \Li"ther*ly\, a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]