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frogly

frogly adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of frogs.

Adjective

frogly (comparative more frogly, superlative most frogly)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of frogs.
    • Lieutenant Frog's rich frogly voice / Husky grew with his great theme;1877, "The Centennial Frog", The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories, publ. by Clazton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, page 14.
    • […] and when at last they arrive at frogly maturity, they escape into the world through the mouth of their father.1901, Grant Allen, In nature's workshop

Adverb

frogly (comparative more frogly, superlative most frogly)

  1. (humorous, nonce-word) In a frog-like manner.
    • Toadly awesome!" "Not toadly," said Michael, laughing. "Gorfman's a frog." "It's frogly awesome," said Charu.2009, Gail Donovan, In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog

Examples of frogly in a sentence

  • Yet as some of the verses show, Aristophanes knew a good deal of actual frogly habits.1945, American Nature Association, Nature magazine:
  • On those sacred nights you can rise in frogly glory to confront the villains who are poisoning my subjects.2008, Bruce Coville, Oddest of All:

Synonyms of frogly

Forms of frogly

Adjective
comparativemore frogly
superlativemost frogly
Adverb
comparativemore frogly
superlativemost frogly

Origin of frogly

From frog + -ly (suffix forming adjectives).

From frog + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).

Questions about frogly

What does frogly mean?
Frogly means of, relating to, or characteristic of frogs.
How do you use frogly in a sentence?
Yet as some of the verses show, Aristophanes knew a good deal of actual frogly habits.
What part of speech is frogly?
Frogly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near frogly in the dictionary

  1. froglet
  2. froglets
  3. froglike
  4. frogling
  5. froglings
  6. frogly
  7. frogman
  8. frogmarch
  9. frogmarched
  10. frogmarches
  11. frogmarching

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