Dogly vs Doyly - What's the difference?
dogly | doyly |
Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
*1908 , Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, The Outlook :
*1966 , Kiplinger's Personal Finance:
*2006 , Linda Johns, Hannah West in Deep Water :
In the manner of a dog.
As an adjective dogly
is of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.As an adverb dogly
is in the manner of a dog.As a noun doyly is
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English
Adjective
(en-adj)- I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches.
- If a chicken invades your garden to steal seed and your dog barks at it in the line of dogly duty, the chicken's owner has the legal right to kill your dog.
- It was a halfhearted attempt to get him to stop, because truly, I was hoping the dog would do the dogly thing and chew up the Frisbee.
