Obs. [f. LITHER a. + -LY1. OE. had lýþerlic in the sense of sordid, mean; cf. G. liederlich (mentioned s.v. LITHER a.).] a. Spiteful, mischievous. b. Idle, lazy.
1573. Tusser, Husb., lxxxv. (1878), 174. Some litherly lubber more eateth than twoo, yet leaueth vndone that another will doo.
a. 1643. W. Cartwright, Ordinary, II. ii. (1651), 25. What wends against the grain is lytherly.
1684. H. More, Answer, 24. To awaken them out of their remisness and litherly formalness.
1805. Scott, Last Minstrel, II. xxxii. He was waspish, arch and litherlie.
