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Teeth vs Teethly - What's the difference?

teeth | teethly |

As a noun teeth

is .

As an adjective teethly is

of or pertaining to teeth; dental; full of teeth.

teeth

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    • Synonyms

    * (plural of "tooth") chompers, pearly whites * (ability to be enforced) enforceability

    Derived terms

    * arm to the teeth * by the skin of one's teeth * cut one's teeth * get one's teeth into / sink one's teeth into * give one's eye-teeth * gnash one's teeth * grit one's teeth * in the teeth of * lie through one's teeth * set one's teeth on edge

    See also

    * toothless English irregular plurals

    teethly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of or pertaining to teeth; dental; full of teeth.
  • *1892 , Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection: Volume 2231:
    • [...] I altered generally to dirty grayish white or on thick layer of medium showed more or less rosy coloration, without wrinkles, granular developement and teethly growth on either side of the streak; [...]
  • *1998 , Laurent Chrzanovski, D. V. Zhuravlev, Lamps from Chersonesos in the State Historical Museum, Moscow :
    • The fish, which scales, fins and tail are very carefully rendered, opens deeply his teethly mouth.
  • *2005 , Joseph A. McCaffrey, The Pony Circus Wagon :
    • His large mouth sloshed around, trying to get teethly purchase into the grease-filled slab as two pieces of fried onion with a dab of ketchup hit his shirt and cascaded downwards, landing around his pants' zipper.

    Synonyms

    * teethy, (l), toothy