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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈfaʊl(l)i/ Forms: more foully [comparative], most foully [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English foully, from Old English fūllīċe; by surface analysis, foul + ly. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|foully|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English foully, {{inh+|en|enm|foully}} Inherited from Middle English foully, {{inh|en|ang|fūllīċe}} Old English fūllīċe, {{surf|en|foul|ly|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, foul + ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} foully (comparative more foully, superlative most foully)
  1. In a foul manner; revoltingly.
    Sense id: en-foully-en-adv-9pi793sQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 25 26 21 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 22 25 26 20 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 18 19 15 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 22 24 20 2

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfuːl(l)iː/ Forms: fouli [alternative], fouly [alternative], fowly [alternative], fouliche [alternative], fulliche [alternative], voulliche [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English fūllīċe (“foully”); by surface analysis, foul (“foul”) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|fūllīċe||foully|g=|g2=|g3=|id=foully|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English fūllīċe (“foully”), {{inh+|enm|ang|fūllīċe|id=foully|t=foully}} Inherited from Old English fūllīċe (“foully”), {{surf|enm|foul|-ly|id1=foul|id2=adverbial|nocap=1|pos2=adverbial suffix|t1=foul}} by surface analysis, foul (“foul”) + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} foully, {{enm-adv}} foully, {{tlb|enm|uncommon}} (uncommon)
  1. Filthily; in a dirty or revolting manner. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: foule
    Sense id: en-foully-enm-adv-oCQx9jnD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 25 26 21 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 22 25 26 20 8
  2. Harshly, forcefully. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: foule
    Sense id: en-foully-enm-adv-XPutH~Dk Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 25 26 21 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 22 25 26 20 8
  3. Ignominiously, sinfully; in an immoral or shameful way. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: foule
    Sense id: en-foully-enm-adv-x4IuHLY3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 25 26 21 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 22 25 26 20 8
  4. Unfortunately; through bad luck. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: foule
    Sense id: en-foully-enm-adv-ETz-DyNS Categories (other): Ethics Disambiguation of Ethics: 27 0 0 73

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  "word": "foully"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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