What does "toothly" mean?

Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.

What is a synonym for "toothly"?

Common synonyms include: dental, dental, dentally, dentally, teethly, teethly.

adj, adv

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
"For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one."
2
Toothy.
"'I see you're admiring our decor,' the man said with a toothly smile, and Paresh noticed that his canines bit wolfishly into his thick mulberry lip."

Adverb

1
In a manner regarding teeth; dentally.
"Toothly speaking then — it pays to stay savage. There is evidence too, that civilizations long before ours felt the stress of dental cares."

"For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one."

From tooth + -ly. Compare toothlike, teethlike, toothily.

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