Naughty vs Naughtly - What's the difference?
naughty | naughtly |
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), First Folio, The Merchant of Venice :
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* (rfdate) Udall:
(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.
* (rfdate) American King James Bible, Jeremiah 24:2:
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Immoral]], sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, [[risqué, cheeky.
(obsolete) naughtily; wrongly
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between naughty and naughtly
is that naughty is (obsolete) bad, worthless, substandard while naughtly is (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.As an adjective naughty
is .As an adverb naughtly is
(obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.naughty
English
Adjective
(er)- So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
- Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill.
- Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts.
- One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
- I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
- If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!
Synonyms
* dirty * (mischievous) mischievousAntonyms
* niceDerived terms
* naughtily * naughtiness * naughty bitnaughtly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Because my parents naughtly brought me up.'' — ''The Mirror for Magistrates .