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Tonguely

//ˈtʌŋli// adj, adv, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. informal, not-comparable, rare

    "[A] meadow / in his own right, all inwardly afire, ten / thousand tonguely shadings painting him / angelic warden of the face of earth."

  2. 2
    Pertaining or relating to languages; lingual, linguistic. informal, not-comparable, rare

    "Women are proverbial for tonguely gifts, and orators do not require very great depth. Like the belle with her chit-chat, it is the tone and manner which do execution."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In terms of or with the tongue; lingually. informal, nonstandard, not-comparable, rare

    "How can such a head not tempt him tonguely? And so he tastes it; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense “appearing like or resembling [what is denoted by the noun]”).

Etymology 2

From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives and nouns).

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