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beely en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From bee + -ly.
Meanings
(rare) Of, relating to or pertaining to bees; apian.
With their countenance' spaces / Planned for beely enterprise […] 1950, Gleanings in bee culture:
As for bees, we cannot accuse them of silence, as the peculiar buzzing-sound they make in flying, [...] and which is so very agreeable to our ears when its gentle monotony enlivens the calm of the warm summer air, is, we may hope, a cheerful accompaniment to all beely labours, and as pleasant to those who make it as our voices are to us, […] 1877, Elizabeth Anna Hart, Silver wings and golden scales:
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beely en · ADV · etymology 2
Etymology
From bee + -ly.
Meanings
(humorous, rare) In a beelike manner.
His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible. 1965, Murray Hoyt, The world of bees:
And were it not that I haue a desire in nothing to beely the author, and lesse will to leaue that which he had wrytten vpon the miserable end [...] 1813, Matteo Bandello, Joseph Haslewood, Giovanni Boccaccio, Palace of pleasure: