bitchly

bitchly adjective: of, like, or befitting a bitch (all senses); bitchlike.

Adjective

bitchly (comparative more bitchly or bitchlier, superlative most bitchly or bitchliest)

Of, like, or befitting a bitch (all senses); bitchlike
- "What a dirty black-hearted bitchly bastard you are," he said bitterly, and sat down in one of the cane-bottomed chairs.1940, Philip Atlee, The Inheritors, page 164
- All my drag companions are strictly bitchly, they will only receive.2008, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, page 160

bitchly (comparative more bitchly, superlative most bitchly)

In a manner befitting a bitch
- I wanted to get up and lift her onto the recliner. I wanted to help her get comfortable, perhaps cover her legs with a light blanket. But she was determined, bitchly so, to do most everything herself.1994, Robert Dingwall Zimmerman, Red Trance, page 34

“Well, you did get a little bitchly for a minute, amigo.2009, Anthony J. Enciso, The Living and the Dead, volume 1, page 562:
Bitchly child always refused to call me Daddy.”2009, William G. Tapply, Dark Tiger, page 174:

From bitch + -ly (adjectival suffix).

From bitch + -ly (adverbial suffix).

What does bitchly mean?: Bitchly means of, like, or befitting a bitch (all senses); bitchlike.
How do you use bitchly in a sentence?: “Well, you did get a little bitchly for a minute, amigo.
What part of speech is bitchly?: Bitchly can be an adjective or an adverb.

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