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bearly en · ADJ

Etymology

From bear + -ly. Compare bearlike.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of barely.
   alt of barely
   • He was going to be a bearly bear. With a bearly mate. 1930, Hearst's international combined with Cosmopolitan, volume 89:
   • Past two years old Keg was now, a big and very bearly bear, and with the first tocsin of fall in the air he'd wandered off toward Sugar-loaf, answering the call of his kind. 1955, Agnes L. McCarthy, James Kenner Agnew, Prose and poetry for appreciation:
3. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of burly.
   alt of burly
   • All acting like nothing even happened at all. (Then, a half hour later) Boom! BOOOM!! (There's a poundin down at the door) As Jeanie goes ta answer it, as im in the kitchen getting cereal. As another Big bearly Man Comes barging in. 2010, Clydal Vania, On the Flight to Nowhere:

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