songly

English

Etymology

From Middle English songly, songli, songelich, songlic, sanglic, equivalent to song +‎ -ly. Compare songlike.

Adjective

songly (comparative songlier or more songly, superlative songliest or most songly)

1. Of, resembling, pertaining to, or expressed in song; songful; musical
   • 1967, Books - Issues 369-376:

     Sing Hallelujah the new apocalypse of troubadours, jointing the bonds of Reader and Congregation, the classic Afric jazz pattern of call and response, the songly graces of Thomas Wyatt, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, and all their sons, playing real lyres that tell the truth.

   • 1972, Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love, Aeterna Press:

     Therefore the cry of the heart goes up, and amongst the heavenly citizens a songly thought runs desiring to be lifted up to the ear of the most High.

   • 2005, Andrew Duncan, The Imaginary in Geometry:

     Something as small and fat-rich as the brain of a bird / concealing in its convolutions the songly courses / lifting in its steps the voice on which to lock and be lulled as if to fly on a single wing the origin of left and right

   • 2008, T. A. Barron, Merlin's Dragon - Book 1:

     Well, pinch me nose, I don't suppose I am a flapsy bird: Me songly croon's so out o' tune Like none you've ever heard! I withers every word, a songly sound absurd.

   • 2011, K. M. Grant, Belle's Song:

     “[...] Remember him singing on the very first day of our journey? Not the songliest of songs, but a song nonetheless.”

Derived terms

• songliness

Middle English

Alternative forms

• songelich, sanglic, songlic, songely, songli

Etymology

From song +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔnɡliː/, /ˈsɔːnɡliː/, /ˈsɔːnɡlit͡ʃ/, /ˈsɔnɡliːk/

Adjective

songly (rare)

1. songly

Descendants

• English: songly

References

• “sō̆nglī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-30.