Foxly vs Fonly - What's the difference?
foxly | fonly |
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a fox; vulpine.
*1917 , Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix :
*1968 , Hugh Latimer, Allan Griffith Chester, Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer :
*2008 , Joseph R. Conlin, The American Past: A Survey of American History :
As an adjective foxly
is like, resembling, or characteristic of a fox; vulpine.As an adverb fonly is
(obsolete) foolishly.foxly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His foxly object was attained. The attention of the hunters was diverted.
- But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lionlike cruelty, power to do hurt more than either aspis or basiliscus, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, [...]
- Howe and the army settled into New York where the population was friendly, including a huge contingent of prostitutes whom both Americans and British described as a terrifying lot: “bitch foxly jades, hogs, strums.”