dogly
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English *dogly, *doglich, equivalent dog + -ly. Compare doglike.
Adjective
[edit]dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)
- Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
- 1908, Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, The Outlook:
- I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches.
- 1959 June 4, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 47:
- [Seminole Sam to the Dog:] It ain't dogly to bark "ahem".
- 1966, Kiplinger's Personal Finance:
- If a chicken invades your garden to steal seed and your dog barks at it in the line of dogly duty, the chicken's owner has the legal right to kill your dog.
- 2006, Linda Johns, Hannah West in Deep Water:
- It was a halfhearted attempt to get him to stop, because truly, I was hoping the dog would do the dogly thing and chew up the Frisbee.
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)
- In the manner of a dog.