Tonguely
adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 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 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."
- 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; […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"[A] meadow / in his own right, all inwardly afire, ten / thousand tonguely shadings painting him / angelic warden of the face of earth."
Etymology
From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense “appearing like or resembling [what is denoted by the noun]”).
From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives and nouns).
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