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toothly

toothly adjective: of or pertaining to teeth; dental.

Adjective

toothly (comparative toothlier or more toothly, superlative toothliest or most toothly)

  1. Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
    • For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one.1907, The Bay State monthly
    • Peter stored his toothly treasures in a beautiful wooden case. Each tooth was secured to its own little compartment with a gray silk ribbon looped around it.1998, Sheila De La Rosa, The Encyclopedia of Weird
  2. Toothy.
    • 'I see you're admiring our decor,' the man said with a toothly smile, and Paresh noticed that his canines bit wolfishly into his thick mulberry lip.1997, Kalpana Swaminathan, Cryptic death and other stories
    • She returned a toothly grin that displayed her deep, pretty dimples.2010, Robert Crudup, Malachi Moon: Journey of a Bluesman

Adverb

toothly (comparative toothlier or more toothly, superlative toothliest or most toothly)

  1. In a manner regarding teeth; dentally.
    • Toothly speaking then — it pays to stay savage. There is evidence too, that civilizations long before ours felt the stress of dental cares.1934, Popular science talks: Volume 12
    Synonyms:
    teethly

Synonyms of toothly

Forms of toothly

Adjective
comparativetoothlier
comparativemore toothly
superlativetoothliest
superlativemost toothly
Adverb
comparativetoothlier
comparativemore toothly
superlativetoothliest
superlativemost toothly

Origin of toothly

From tooth + -ly. Compare toothlike, teethlike, toothily.

Questions about toothly

What does toothly mean?
Toothly means of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
What part of speech is toothly?
Toothly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near toothly in the dictionary

  1. toothlet
  2. toothleted
  3. toothlets
  4. toothletted
  5. toothlike
  6. toothly
  7. Toothman
  8. Toothmans
  9. toothmark
  10. toothmarks
  11. toothmug

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