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Lizard vs Lizardly - What's the difference?

lizard | lizardly |

As a noun lizard

is any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.

As an adjective lizardly is

reminiscent of or similar to a lizard.

lizard

English

(wikipedia lizard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any reptile of the order Squamata, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
  • (chiefly, in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
  • * 1990 October 28, , Warner Bros.
    • Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
  • (colloquial) An unctuous person.
  • (colloquial) A coward.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, lang=en , legless lizard , lizard fish , lizard-skin , lizard snake , lizard stone , lounge lizard , sleeping lizard , stump-tailed lizard , true lizard , wall lizard , worm lizard}}

    lizardly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reminiscent of or similar to a lizard.
  • *The final stage [of a skin disease] is "lizardly " to say the least, your dead skin comes off in large thin pieces, like you are molting [...] [http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/tinea/63780.html]
  • Pertaining to lizards; lizard-related.
  • :Said gecko quickly became lizardly lunch.

    • Synonyms

    *(similar to a lizard) lizardlike, lacertilian