fishly
fishly adjective: of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.
Adjective
fishly (comparative more fishly, superlative most fishly)
- Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.
- […] which fowles "would strike at our men as they were aloft: "some of them wee killed and eat: they seemed-" to us very good, only tasted somewhat fishly.1699, Cowley, Cooke's Voyage
- Twice the cork bobbed prophecies of a fishly investigation. Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.1916, Everybody's magazine
Examples of fishly in a sentence
- At this the Fish did titter a fishly Titter, and Bit!1916, University of Michigan. College of Engineering, The Michigan technic:
- The perch, for example, regards the danger as exaggerated: all one needed was to exercise moderation, "as a fishly virtue"; "it had bitten off many a bait without suffering any damage to its body."1989, Einar Ingvald Haugen, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Immigrant idealist:
- The path lead through a translucent vertical wall, and there seemed to be no special challenge to passing through it, except for their fishly status.2000, Piers Anthony, Vale of the Vole:
Synonyms of fishly
Forms of fishly
| comparative | more fishly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fishly |
Origin of fishly
From fish + -ly.
Questions about fishly
- What does fishly mean?
- Fishly means of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.
- How do you use fishly in a sentence?
- At this the Fish did titter a fishly Titter, and Bit!
- What part of speech is fishly?
- Fishly is an adjective.
Words near fishly in the dictionary
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