Toothily vs Toothly - What's the difference?
toothily | toothly |
Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
* 1907 , The Bay State monthly:
* 1998 , Sheila De La Rosa, The Encyclopedia of Weird :
Toothy.
* 1997 , Kalpana Swaminathan, Cryptic death and other stories :
* 2010 , Robert Crudup, Malachi Moon: Journey of a Bluesman :
In a manner regarding teeth; dentally.
* 1934 , Popular science talks: Volume 12:
As adverbs the difference between toothily and toothly
is that toothily is in a toothy manner while toothly is in a manner regarding teeth; dentally.As an adjective toothly is
of or pertaining to teeth; dental.toothly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly ," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one.
- Peter stored his toothly treasures in a beautiful wooden case. Each tooth was secured to its own little compartment with a gray silk ribbon looped around it.
- 'I see you're admiring our decor,' the man said with a toothly smile, and Paresh noticed that his canines bit wolfishly into his thick mulberry lip.
- She returned a toothly grin that displayed her deep, pretty dimples.
Adverb
(en-adv)- Toothly speaking then — it pays to stay savage. There is evidence too, that civilizations long before ours felt the stress of dental cares.
