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bitchly en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From bitch + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Meanings

  1. Of, like, or befitting a bitch (all senses); bitchlike
    • "What a dirty black-hearted bitchly bastard you are," he said bitterly, and sat down in one of the cane-bottomed chairs. 1940, Philip Atlee, The Inheritors, page 164:
    • “[…] Little devil, she'd just laugh at me. 'Hit me harder, Eddie,' she'd say. Bitchly child always refused to call me Daddy.” 2009, William G. Tapply, Dark Tiger, page 174:
    • As I grew I was fully aware that I was a bit bitchlier than any other from around my tribe. 2010, Wes Anthony, Binger and Stumpy the B.D. Dawg Series, page 310:
    • “Well, you did get a little bitchly for a minute, amigo. I was thinking about it.” 2009, Anthony J. Enciso, The Living and the Dead, volume 1, page 562:
    • All my drag companions are strictly bitchly, they will only receive. 2008, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, page 160:

Forms

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most bitchly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bitchly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
bitchliest Degree=Sup lexicographic

bitchly en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From bitch + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Meanings

  1. In a manner befitting a bitch
    • I wanted to get up and lift her onto the recliner. I wanted to help her get comfortable, perhaps cover her legs with a light blanket. But she was determined, bitchly so, to do most everything herself. 1994, Robert Dingwall Zimmerman, Red Trance, page 34:

Forms

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more bitchly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bitchly Degree=Sup lexicographic