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English
Etymology
From horny + -ly.
Adverb
hornily (comparative more hornily, superlative most hornily)
- In a horny manner.
1878, Rhoda Broughton, Nancy, 6th edition, Richard Bentley and Son, published 1873, page 140:Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offence, I am now becoming hornily hard and indifferent to it.
- 2009, Lee Montgomery, Tony Perez (editors), The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House, Tin House Books, page 18,
- She had an affinity for world music and one day she sashayed hornily into her neighborhood recorded-music store .
2021, John Rain, Explodobook, unnumbered page:The officers look over at her hornily, before realising that she has a bazooka (and that is not a euphemism), which she utilises to fire a giant missile at them (after 'reading the instructions').