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Suckle vs Suckly - What's the difference?

suckle | suckly |

As a noun suckle

is (obsolete) a teat.

As a verb suckle

is to give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

As an adjective suckly is

tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck.

suckle

English

(Breastfeeding)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A teat.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • The breasts of Hecuba / When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier.
  • * Landor
    • They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.
  • To nurse; to suck.

    • Derived terms

    * suckling

    suckly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck.
  • *2006 , J. R. Dobbs, Ivan Stang, The SubGenius Psychlopaedia of Slack :
    • Those of us who are aware that we DO suck strive to remedy it and thus continually improve. Those who are not aware that they suck only grow sucklier day by day."
  • Causing desire to suck or be sucked; suckable; succulent.
  • *1993 , Don Nigro, Ardy Fafirsin - Page 13 :
    • I know my cherries, I've had many cherries, every shape of suckly melons, for they come in many shapes, [...]
  • *2007 , Jamye Waxman, Getting Off :
    • THE BREASTS Those mushy, gushy, fleshy, firm, bouncy, bitsy, tender, toppling, pointed, dangling, suckly , large, medium, or small mounds of nipple, areola, and boob are highly erogenous for lots of women.