Definition of Tigerly

1. like a tiger [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tigerly

tiger team
tiger teams
tigerdom
tigereye
tigereyes
tigerfish
tigerhood
tigerine
tigerish
tigerishly
tigerishness
tigerishnesses
tigerism
tigerisms
tigerlike
tigerly (current term)
tigers
tigerstripe
tigerstripes
tigerwood
tigery
tiges
tigged
tigging
tiggy
tigh
tighs
tight
tight-fisted
tight-fitting

Literary usage of Tigerly

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

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... Taylor U the very Napoleon of travellers, and every thing he writes is Intensely interesting, aod tigerly sought ..."

2. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: (with Notes by Reginald Heber (1828)
"... overgrown with grass far higher than my head, and scattered with trees and bushes. I have never seen a more feverish or tigerly country, ..."

3. Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta by Reginald Heber (1828)
"... overgrown with grass far higher than my head, and scattered with trees and bushes, f have never seen a more feverish or tigerly'country, ..."

4. Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798 by Joseph Holt, Thomas Crofton Croker (1838)
"... 1804. over the tigerly Major, and notwithstanding her faults she had a good heart. Many a man's prayer have I heard offered up for her, ..."

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