Li″ther (lī″t͡hẽr), a. [AS. lȳðer bad, wicked.] Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. Chaucer.
Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.
☞ Professor Skeat thinks “ the lither sky” as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. (Part I. IV. VII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.
— Li″ther‐ly, adv.. — Li″ther‐ness, n.