dogly
Adjective

dogly

  1. Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
    • 1908, Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, The Outlook:
      I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches.
    • 1966, Kiplinger's Personal Finance:
      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.
Adverb

dogly

  1. In the manner of a dog.



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