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Litherly

Lither \Li"ther\ (l[imac]"[th][~e]r), a. [AS. l[=y][eth]er bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Not lither in business, fervent in spirit.
--Bp. Woolton.

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.

Litherly

Litherly \Li"ther*ly\, a. Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.

He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly.
--Sir W. Scott.