foxly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English *foxlich (compare Middle English foxliche (adverb)) equivalent to fox + -ly.
Adjective[edit]
foxly (comparative more foxly, superlative most foxly)
- (archaic) Like, resembling, or characteristic of a fox i.e. sly; vulpine.
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix:
- His foxly object was attained. The attention of the hunters was diverted.
- 1968, Hugh Latimer, Allan Griffith Chester, Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer:
- But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lionlike cruelty, power to do hurt more than either aspis or basiliscus, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, […]
- 2008, Joseph R. Conlin, The American Past: A Survey of American History:
- Howe and the army settled into New York where the population was friendly, including a huge contingent of prostitutes whom both Americans and British described as a terrifying lot: “bitch foxly jades, hogs, strums.”
References[edit]
- “foxly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.