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English
Etymology
From bird + -ly.
Adjective
birdly (comparative more birdly, superlative most birdly)
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
1850, Thomas Lynch, Memorials of Theophilus Trinol, student:Truth for the bird his eye discerns; By birdly hope his wing is strong; And full delight in birdly good; Makes utterance for itself in song.
1916, John Rose, Poems: dedicated in loving memory to my boy Chester:"Nay, nay," quoth Luxury, "I laugh at thee, — Thou art the king of beasts and I of birds ; Men are of beastly and of birdly kind, But more are birdly and obedience show Only to me, for in their bosom nursed Caprice and Vanity which are my slaves [...]
2002, John Hanson Mitchell, Following the sun: a bicycle pilgrimage from Andalisia to the Hebrides:And in the birdly mind (actually in the birdly gonads), spring begins on their winter grounds with the increasing sunlight, as early as February.
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