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Birdly vs Birdy - What's the difference?

birdly | birdy |

As adjectives the difference between birdly and birdy

is that birdly is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian while birdy is (of a gun dog) excited due to having encountered a bird or its scent.

As a noun birdy is

(rare).

birdly

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
  • * 1850 , Thomas Lynch, Memorials of Theophilus Trinol, student :
    • Truth for the bird his eye discerns; By birdly' hope his wing is strong; And full delight in ' birdly good; Makes utterance for itself in song.
  • * 1916 , John Rose, Poems: dedicated in loving memory to my boy Chester :
    • "Nay, nay," quoth Luxury, "I laugh at thee, — Thou art the king of beasts and I of birds ; Men are of beastly and of birdly' kind, But more are ' birdly and obedience show Only to me, for in their bosom nursed Caprice and Vanity which are my slaves [...]
  • * 2002 , John Hanson Mitchell, Following the sun: a bicycle pilgrimage from Andalisia to the Hebrides :
    • And in the birdly' mind (actually in the ' birdly gonads), spring begins on their winter grounds with the increasing sunlight, as early as February.

    birdy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a gun dog) Excited due to having encountered a bird or its scent.
    • I think your dog is getting birdy .

    Noun

    (birdies)
  • (rare)