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houndly

houndly adjective: of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.

Adjective

houndly (comparative houndlier or more houndly, superlative houndliest or most houndly)

  1. Of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
    • [...] all of which really ought to be secondary considerations to those two houndly gifts, the keen, discriminating sense of smell, and ready, truthful tongue.1865, Baily's Magazine of sports and pastimes, volume 9, page 129
    • Of course, I knew he couldn't read; we loved this basset for his extraordinary beauty and houndly bouquet, not his brains. But he had been quite the book-hound as a youngster, [...]2008, Kitty Foth-Regner, Heaven Without Her

Forms of houndly

comparativehoundlier
comparativemore houndly
superlativehoundliest
superlativemost houndly

Origin of houndly

From Middle English houndly, houndely, from Old English hundlīċ (“of or like dogs, canine”), equivalent to hound + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch hondelike (“doglike”), Middle High German huntlich (“doglike”).

Questions about houndly

What does houndly mean?
Houndly means of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
What part of speech is houndly?
Houndly is an adjective.

Words near houndly in the dictionary

  1. houndings
  2. houndish
  3. houndlike
  4. houndling
  5. houndlings
  6. houndly
  7. houndman
  8. houndmen
  9. hounds
  10. hounds down
  11. hounds of hell

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