ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Apely

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Apely is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes; simian.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or characteristic of apes; simian.

Example Sentences

Our family is Hominidae, and we share it with four living species of great apes — chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans — as well as dozens of extinct predecessors of varying apely or humanesque traits.
There is now a danger, we presume, that people may do such things by the rules of Darwinism, but the author fails to inform us whether we are likely to select servants and intimate friends because they do, or because they do not, present in their faces and on their persons indications of their apely origin?

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include simian, pithecomorphic, apeptic, beely, apophyseal, manlike.

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