Jesusly

• jesusly

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːzəsli/

From Jesus +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix). Compare godly. Compare also profane uses of damn, blessed, etc.

Jesusly (not comparable)

1. (dated) Very, extremely.

   Synonyms: damn; see also Thesaurus:extremely

   • 1894 August, John Heard Jr., “The Killing of the Captain”, in The Cosmopolitan, page 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.

   • 1925 June, Smith Ely Jelliffe, “Somatic pathology and psychopathology at the encephalitis crossroad”, in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, page 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.

   • 1965, Robert Kroetsch, But we are Exiles, page 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.

   • 1973, Gladden Schrock, Letters from Alf, page 37:

     “You look some Jesusly bad. Must be at it.” Meaning writing. I said in a sense I was.

From Jesus +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare godly. Compare also profane uses of damn, blessed, etc.

Jesusly (not comparable)

1. (dated) A general intensifier.

   Synonyms: bloody; see also Thesaurus:damned

   • 1942 Summer, Rudolph Umland, “Lumbering on the Gaspé”, in The University Review, University of Missouri, page 262:

     Whenever Webster picked up his cards, he exclaimed "Je m’en fous! What a Jesusly hand!"

   • 1947, Elliot Paul, Linden on the Saugus Branch, page 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.

   • 1986, Robert Smith, My Life in the North Woods, page 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.”

   • 1997, Alison Preston, A Blue and Golden Year, page 175:

     “Sure you can. Come on in, Audrey.”
     “No, I mean I can’t. I’m attached to your Jesusly fence.”

2. (uncommon) Of, like, or resembling Jesus; Christian; godly.
   • 1956 May 28, “Tongues of Fire”, in National Guardian, page 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.

   • 2006, Stephen Colbert, I Am America (and so can you), page 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.

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