Barberly
adj, adv
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a barber. rare
"Beneath her sweater one might have caught glimpses of a black-and- white dress, in alternate, barberly stripes which commanded the eye."
Adverb
- 1 In the manner of a barber. rare
"If sheepe or thy lamb, fall a wrigling with taile, / go by & by searche it, whiles help may preuaile. / That barberlye handled, I dare thee assure: / cast dust in his arse, thou hast finisht thy cure."
Example
More examples"Beneath her sweater one might have caught glimpses of a black-and- white dress, in alternate, barberly stripes which commanded the eye."
Etymology
From barber + -ly.
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