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fruitly

fruitly adjective: of or pertaining to fruit; fruity; fruitful.

Adjective

fruitly (comparative more fruitly, superlative most fruitly)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to fruit; fruity; fruitful
    • What makes a plenteous harvest, when to turn
      The fruitly soil, and when to sow the corn.1775, Robert Anderson, The Works of the British Poets
    • This prince was called Phyllian, a prince
      Whose prowess was a theme upon those seas,
      Who from the time of youth, and ever since,
      Had ruled those islands, and their fruitly trees
      Protected from the spoiler that would seize […]1879, Henry Rolfe, Illya, page 4

Examples of fruitly in a sentence

  • The most fruitly limbs of some family trees are grafts.1913, The Indicator, volume 39, page 70:
  • Later on, in the heat of summer, fruitly flavour, open and soft texture and gassy cheese were the cause of many No. 2 grades.1933, Dairymen's Association of the Province of Quebec, Report, volumes 51-54, page 6:

Forms of fruitly

comparativemore fruitly
superlativemost fruitly

Origin of fruitly

From fruit + -ly.

Questions about fruitly

What does fruitly mean?
Fruitly means of or pertaining to fruit; fruity; fruitful.
How do you use fruitly in a sentence?
The most fruitly limbs of some family trees are grafts.
What part of speech is fruitly?
Fruitly is an adjective.

Words near fruitly in the dictionary

  1. fruitling
  2. fruitlings
  3. fruitloop
  4. fruitloopery
  5. fruitloops
  6. fruitly
  7. fruitmonger
  8. fruitmongers
  9. fruitness
  10. Fruitridge Pocket
  11. fruits

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