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bushly en · ADJ

Etymology

From bush + -ly.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bush; bushlike; bushy.
   • Mr Astles, aged 58, whitehaired with a bushly grey moustache, and wearing a crumpled blue suit, told reporters before being led away: "Justice was in that court. I felt it the moment the judge sat down." 1982, Africa Diary, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • Frightened at the grins and the bushly heads, the herd made for Amboseli, without hurrying too much, as though they knew whom they had to do with. 1984, Traian Filip, Safari: on the way to Kilimanjaro:
   • It can therefore be seen that pruning is necessary in fruit trees if the best results are desired. This is particularly the case with Mangosteens, Rambutans, Mangoes and other close growing fruit trees of a bushly compact nature. 1909, Gardens' Bulletin, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • In the ground-kangaroos, which use the tail as a support trailing behind them on the ground, that organ is again only slightly covered with coarse hairs, almost entirely wanting on the extremity of the under surface; but in the tree-kangaroos, which carry the tail partly erect, it assumes a bushly and ornamental appearance. 1879, The Popular Science Monthly:

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