Crowly

//ˈkɹəʊ.li// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling a crow or crows; crowlike; corvid.

    "[Although we can thus write of a crow's voice with the pen of levity, we are still sorry when we think that that crowly organ is never ... bird.]"

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"[Although we can thus write of a crow's voice with the pen of levity, we are still sorry when we think that that crowly organ is never ... bird.]"

Etymology

From crow + -ly.

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