The Collaborative International Dictionary
Laidly
Laidly \Laid"ly\, a. Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
This laidly and loathsome worm.
--W. Howitt.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
laidly
c.1300, Scottish and northern English variant of loathly "hideous, repulsive" (see loath).
Wiktionary
laidly
a. (context UK Scotland dialect English) ugly; loathsome
Usage examples of "laidly".
He was busy trying to tie in this sudden visitor from Scotland with laidly Worms, Hollow Men, and the second-front possibility Herrac had mentioned and Carolinus had seemed to dismiss so airily.