Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a lion; fierce.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like a lion; fierce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Like a
lion ;fierce .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A haircut later this month will divest you of more than just your lionly mane.
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Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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