Jesusly

English Alternative forms en jesusly Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒiːzəsli/ Etymology 1 From en Jesus -ly adverbial adverbial suffix. Compare en godly. Compare also profane uses of en damn, en blessed, etc. Adverb - en dated very, extremely. en damn Thesaurus:extremely en 1894 August John Heard Jr. The Killing of the Captain The Cosmopolitan 449 I am going over to the other camp, and I want you to watch this man. Keep an eye on me, and when you see me raise my hand, this-a-way, drop him so by-Jesusly quick he won’t even wriggle. https://archive.org/details/sim_cosmopolitan_1894-08_17_4/page/449/ en 1925 June Smith Ely Jelliffe Somatic pathology and psychopathology at the encephalitis crossroad The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 574 One severe attack lasting thirty-five minutes took place during an interview in my office, and was accompanied by what he described as “Jesusly painful” cramps. https://archive.org/details/journalofnervous6119unse/page/574/ en 1965 Robert Kroetsch But we are Exiles 9 I know till I ache from my balls to breakfast. I know till I want to wring one shout from that jesusly silent throat of yours. en 1973 Gladden Schrock Letters from Alf 37 “You look some Jesusly bad. Must be at it.” Meaning writing. I said in a sense I was. https://archive.org/details/lettersfromalf00schr/page/37/ Etymology 2 From en Jesus -ly adjectival adjectival suffix. Compare en godly. Compare also profane uses of en damn, en blessed, etc. Adjective - en dated A general intensifier. en bloody Thesaurus:damned en 1942 Summer Rudolph Umland Lumbering on the Gaspé The University Review University of Missouri 262 Whenever Webster picked up his cards, he exclaimed "Je m’en fous! What a Jesusly hand!" https://archive.org/details/sim_the-university-review_summer-1942_8_4/page/262 en 1947 Elliot Paul Linden on the Saugus Branch 66 “It was like a Jesusly burlesque show, without any women, until men started getting killed,” Tim said. Tim used the adjective “Jesusly” as a term of disdain, and “un-Jesusly” as a word of high praise. https://archive.org/details/lindenonsaugusbr0000elli/page/66/ en 1986 Robert Smith My Life in the North Woods 34 “That Jesusly tobacco,” Tim said throatily. “What in Christ’s name ever gets a man to sucking that shit into his guts is more than I know.” https://archive.org/details/mylifeinnorthwoo00smit/page/34/ en 1997 Alison Preston A Blue and Golden Year 175 “Sure you can. Come on in, Audrey.”“No, I mean I can’t. I’m attached to your Jesusly fence.” https://archive.org/details/bluegoldenyear0000pres/page/175/ en uncommon Of, like, or resembling Jesus; Christian; godly. en 1956-05-28 Tongues of Fire National Guardian 2 No candidate is entitled to your effort or vote who doesn’t come clean on the question of ending the rule of the military mind in our land, and removing from the backs of the American public the high cost of un-Jesusly fireworks like last Sunday’s Hell-bomb. https://archive.org/details/sim_guardian_1956-05-28_8_32/page/2/ en 2006 Stephen Colbert I Am America (and so can you) 47 So now that you understand religion’s gifts, you can understand why America chose to be a Godly nation. And by Godly I mean Jesusly. See also en jeezly