Bushy vs Bushly - What's the difference?
bushy | bushly |
Like a bush in having many widely spread branches.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bush; bushlike; bushy.
*1879 , The Popular Science Monthly:
*1909 , Gardens' Bulletin:
*1982 , Africa Diary:
*1984 , Traian Filip, Safari: on the way to Kilimanjaro :
As adjectives the difference between bushy and bushly
is that bushy is like a bush in having many widely spread branches while bushly is of, pertaining to, or resembling a bush; bushlike; bushy.bushy
English
Adjective
(er)- ''The bushy tail of a squirrel.
Derived terms
* bright-eyed and bushy-tailedbushly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In the ground-kangaroos, which use the tail as a support trailing behind them on the ground, that organ is again only slightly covered with coarse hairs, almost entirely wanting on the extremity of the under surface; but in the tree-kangaroos, which carry the tail partly erect, it assumes a bushly and ornamental appearance.
- It can therefore be seen that pruning is necessary in fruit trees if the best results are desired. This is particularly the case with Mangosteens, Rambutans, Mangoes and other close growing fruit trees of a bushly compact nature.
- Mr Astles, aged 58, whitehaired with a bushly grey moustache, and wearing a crumpled blue suit, told reporters before being led away: "Justice was in that court. I felt it the moment the judge sat down."
- Frightened at the grins and the bushly heads, the herd made for Amboseli, without hurrying too much, as though they knew whom they had to do with.