wolfly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From wolf + -ly. Cognate with Middle High German wolflich (“wolflike”). Compare wolflike.
Adjective[edit]
wolfly (comparative wolflier or more wolfly, superlative wolfliest or most wolfly)
- Of, like, or pertaining to a wolf or wolves; lupine.
- 2001, Ian Whybrow, Tony Ross, Little Wolf, Forest Detective:
- Har bar, I know that is just your wolfly way to say well done, ... Also you mean to say congrat-arroooshuns for solving lots of tricky cases all at wunce by trying hard, plus normal wolfly sense and brute instinct.