Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birdly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bird-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.

Example Sentences

"Truth for the bird his eye discerns; By birdly hope his wing is strong; And full delight in birdly good; Makes utterance for itself in song."
""Nay, nay," quoth Luxury, "I laugh at thee, — Thou art the king of beasts and I of birds ; Men are of beastly and of birdly kind, But more are birdly and obedience show Only to me, for in their bosom nursed Caprice and Vanity which are my slaves [...]"
"And in the birdly mind (actually in the birdly gonads), spring begins on their winter grounds with the increasing sunlight, as early as February."

Etymology

From bird + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bird

Inflected Forms

more birdly (comparative) most birdly (superlative)

Derived Forms

birdliness unbirdly

Synonyms

birdy volucrine avian avianlike birdlike / bird-like birdly

Questions

What does birdly mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
Where does birdly come from?: From bird + -ly.

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