What does "apely" mean?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes; simian.

What is a synonym for "apely"?

Common synonyms include: apish, simian, simian.

Apely

adj

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Adjective

1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes; simian.
"There is now a danger, we presume, that people may do such things by the rules of Darwinism, but the author fails to inform us whether we are likely to select servants and intimate friends because they do, or because they do not, present in their faces and on their persons indications of their apely origin?"

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apish simian simian

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"There is now a danger, we presume, that people may do such things by the rules of Darwinism, but the author fails to inform us whether we are likely to select servants and intimate friends because they do, or because they do not, present in their faces and on their persons indications of their apely origin?"

Etymology

From ape + -ly.

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