jeezly

• jeesly, jeesely, jeezely, jeasley

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːz.li/

Shift from earlier Jesusly,^[1] a euphemism for damned. Equivalent to jeez +‎ -ly. Compare geez.

jeezly (not comparable)

1. (US, especially New England, dated) A general intensifier.

   Synonyms: bloody; see also Thesaurus:damned

   • 1907 May, George Alan England, “Burdocks and Blueberries”, in The All-Story Magazine, page 739:

     He looked like somethin' the cat brought in; and us in our play-actin' costooms, with the grease-paint makin' us blush outside of our sickenin' misery under the smoky light of one lamp—the picture it made was a jeezly frost, now you can bet on that and carry money home.

   • 1947, Stewart Hall Holbrook, Little Annie Oakley & Other Rugged People, page 154:

     “Get some water,” he shouted, “or the whol’ jeasley camp’ll burn up!”

   • 1972, Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, page 26:

     "I must be out of my jeezly skull," Hawkeye (who talked to cars) said to the Corvette as he aimed it down the Maine turnpike.

   • 2016, Delia Sherman, The Evil Wizard Smallbone, page 10:

     The old man set the light on a nearby surface and rummaged one handed in the pockets of his long coat, muttering “Durn house,” and “Jeezly mess,” and “This better be good.”

• jo-jeezly

From Etymology 1 (above), or from jeez +‎ -ly.

jeezly (not comparable)

1. (Canada, US, especially New England, dated) Very, extremely.
   • 1968, Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H, page 196:

     I’m glad it happened, and I’m jeezly glad it’s over.

   • 1976 November 30, John Challis, “Who is this guy?”, in Medium II, Erindale College, page 8:

     What a jim-dandy ideer, sayin' yeh were gonna have a important ball-game fer a excuse to get drunk. An' playing' a jeezly good game on top of 'er, jest to make things look legitimit!

   • [2008, Barb Rees, RV Canada with Boo the Menopausal Van, page 92:

     We learn some of their unique Miramichi expressions. If something is “right some jeezly good” then it’s “the world’s finest, unbelievably good.”]

   • 2021 March 7, Matt Lawton, “Curl Interrupted Adventure” (4:59 from the start), in The Great North‎^[1], season 1, episode 5, spoken by Stan Donovan (Will Forte):

     “Corned beef and cabbage! We're on jeezly thin ice!”