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tonguely¹

  • /ˈtʌŋli/ US, UK
  • /-ɡli/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense “appearing like or resembling [what is denoted by the noun]”).

adjective

  1. informal, not comparable, rare Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. [A] meadow / in his own right, all inwardly afire, ten / thousand tonguely shadings painting him / angelic warden of the face of earth.
  2. informal, not comparable, rare Pertaining or relating to languages; lingual, linguistic. Women are proverbial for tonguely gifts, and orators do not require very great depth. Like the belle with her chit-chat, it is the tone and manner which do execution.

tonguely²

  • /ˈtʌŋli/ US, UK
  • /-ɡli/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From tongue + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives and nouns).

adverb

  1. informal, nonstandard, not comparable, rare In terms of or with the tongue; lingually. How can such a head not tempt him tonguely? And so he tastes it; […]

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"tonguely." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tonguely. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tonguely. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tonguely

Chicago

"tonguely." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tonguely.

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@misc{tonguely_2026,
  title = {tonguely},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tonguely},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}