Definition of Lionly

1. a. Like a lion; fierce.

Definition of Lionly

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Like a lion; fierce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lionly

1. like a lion [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lionly

lionisers
lionises
lionish
lionising
lionism
lionisms
lionization
lionizations
lionize
lionized
lionizer
lionizers
lionizes
lionizing
lionlike
lionly (current term)
lions
lionship
liothyronine
liotrix
liottite
lip-
lip-gloss
lip-lock
lip-read
lip-smacking
lip-smackingly
lip-strap
lip-straps

Literary usage of Lionly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Walter Scott, William James Rolfe (1898)
"... Which bring at whiles the lionly far roar, As wrestled he with manacles and gags, To speed across a cowering world once more, Superb in ordered floods, ..."

2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"... submitted to the comb) for fear of getting her tender neck imbued with lionly toughness. The yawning mouth stuffed with hair, the jaw-teeth overshadowed ..."

3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1864)
"3- CUI,lionly. Base, rascally, Lear ii. 2. CUNNING. Skill, skilful, knowing, Ham. iv. 7, i Hen. IV. ii. ..."

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