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beaverly

beaverly adjective: like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike.

Adjective

beaverly (comparative more beaverly, superlative most beaverly)

  1. Like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike
    • "[…] Great idea, isn't it? I wonder how long they would take to Darwinize into webbed feet and a beaverly breadth of tail."1892, Rolf Boldrewood, The Squatter's Dream
    • Indeed, they are already doing so with all the complacent industry of beavers and the beaverly repetition of aims and methods.1963, The Canadian Forum: A Monthly Journal of Literature and Public Affairs

Forms of beaverly

comparativemore beaverly
superlativemost beaverly

Origin of beaverly

From beaver + -ly.

Questions about beaverly

What does beaverly mean?
Beaverly means like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike.
What part of speech is beaverly?
Beaverly is an adjective.

Words near beaverly in the dictionary

  1. beaverkins
  2. beaverless
  3. beaverlike
  4. beaverling
  5. beaverlings
  6. beaverly
  7. Beavermouth
  8. beaverpelt
  9. beaverpelts
  10. beavers
  11. beavers away

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