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Definition of Lionly

1. a. Like a lion; fierce.

Definition of Lionly

1. like a lion [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lionly

lioniser lionisers lionises lionising lionism lionisms lionization lionizations lionize lionized

lionizer lionizers lionizes lionizing lionlike lionly (current term) lions lions Lions Club lion cub

lion marmoset lion monkey Liopelma Liopelma hamiltoni Liopelmidae liothyronine liotrix lip lip lip-gloss

Literary usage of Lionly

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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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