Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dogly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do-gly
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.

adv

In the manner of a dog.

Example Sentences

"I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches."
"[Seminole Sam to the Dog:] It ain't dogly to bark "ahem"."
"If a chicken invades your garden to steal seed and your dog barks at it in the line of dogly duty, the chicken's owner has the legal right to kill your dog."
"It was a halfhearted attempt to get him to stop, because truly, I was hoping the dog would do the dogly thing and chew up the Frisbee."

Etymology

From Middle English *dogly, *doglich, equivalent dog + -ly. Compare doglike.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *dogly

Inflected Forms

more dogly (comparative) most dogly (superlative) doggly (alternative)

Derived Forms

dogliness

Questions

What does dogly mean?: Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
Where does dogly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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