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lionesquely en · ADV

Etymology

From lionesque + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a manner that resembles a lion.
   • I felt lionesquely protective towards my unborn baby, more informed, and was convinced that I could best avoid interventions that might hurt or damage my baby by staying at home. 2014 [2009], Rosemary Mander, Valerie Fleming, editors, Becoming a Midwife, second edition, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, →ISBN, page 164:
   • Mr. Bramley, still very much at the young-lion stage, guffawed lionesquely. 1925, Paul Selver, Schooling, New York: Albert & Charles Boni, page 246:
   • He slumped back uneasily into the centre of the fire-room, where he slung his head from side to side lionesquely, as if seeking to sight something which he could rush upon and smash to reaffirm that all was right with his world. 1941, Marcus Goodrich, Delilah, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, incorporated, page 19:

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