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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
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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