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Ducky vs Duckly - What's the difference?

ducky | duckly |

As adjectives the difference between ducky and duckly

is that ducky is (slang|archaic) great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion while duckly is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a duck or ducks.

As a noun ducky

is a pet name used affectionately.

ducky

English

(ducky)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (slang, archaic) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
    • Farnesworth smiled contentedly as he read the stock ticker; all was ducky on Wall Street.
  • * 1930 ,
    • Isn't this the duckiest little leather skirt you ever saw?
  • *1942 , , The Catbird Seat :
    • Fortunately, she had bragged to everybody about her ducky first-floor apartment in the perfectly darling three-story red-brick.

    Synonyms

    * fine * peachy * swell

    Noun

    (duckies)
  • A pet name used affectionately.
    • "Morning, ducky !" said Roderick, as he gave his partner a quick peck on the cheek and sat down to breakfast.
  • (childish) A duck (aquatic bird).
  • * 1990 , Donna LeBlanc, You can't quit until you know what's eating you
    • Do little things for your Inner Child, like taking bubble baths. Invite a rubber ducky to play with you...

    Synonyms

    * darling * hon

    duckly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a duck or ducks.
  • *2011 , Mark C. Murphy, God and Moral Law :
    • […] makes for a nondefective duck life are matters of natural fact, and what is good for a duck is the maintenance of duckself in good duckly' integrity and the performance of the activities, and the participation in the events, of good ' duckly life.