troubly

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English troubly; by surface analysis, trouble +‎ -y. === Adjective === troubly (comparative more troubly, superlative most troubly) (obsolete) Troubling; troublesome. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === trowbly trobly, troublie, trublee, trubly (Late Middle English) trobely, trobully, troubely, trowbely, trubbelie, trublie (Late Middle English, with orthographic svarabhakti) === Etymology === From trouble (“disturbance”) +‎ -y (“-y”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtruːb(ə)liː/, /ˈtrub(ə)liː/ === Adjective === troubly (chiefly Late Middle English) Disturbed, agitated: (of air or liquids) Murky, cloudy, thick. (of weather) Stormy, violent, tempestuous. (physiology, rare) Swollen, turgid. Troublesome, vexatious; causing trouble. Unclear, confused, vague. ==== Descendants ==== English: troublous Middle Scots: troublous ==== References ==== “trǒublī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.