What does birdly mean?
Birdly means Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian..
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.
Use birdly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Birdly means Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian..
Common synonyms include birdy, volucrine, avian, avianlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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