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beaverly en · ADJ

Etymology

From beaver + -ly.

Meanings

1. Like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike
   • "[…] Great idea, isn't it? I wonder how long they would take to Darwinize into webbed feet and a beaverly breadth of tail." 1892, Rolf Boldrewood, The Squatter's Dream:
   • Indeed, they are already doing so with all the complacent industry of beavers and the beaverly repetition of aims and methods. 1963, The Canadian Forum: A Monthly Journal of Literature and Public Affairs:
   • Tao The Ching, the Upanishads, or Ojibway creation tales it's not owing to any sense of piety or to the beaverly enthusiasms of a pedant, but because of an ardent and abiding curiosity. 1997, Steven Heighton, The Admen Move on Lhasa:

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