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# loth

adjective (not compared; old spelling of 'loath')

«loth» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Loth means unwilling or reluctant to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a king is loth to give up his daughter

### Examples

- She was loth to leave her friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/#x1)
- The old man was loth to give her up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/#x2)
- I am loth to ask, but I must. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «loth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«loth» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/loth.html) on Mova free.