Meanings
comparative more bearly · superlative most bearly
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
- misspellingMisspelling of barely.
He was going to be a bearly bear. With a bearly mate.
1930, Hearst's international combined with Cosmopolitan, volume 891 more example
Past two years old Keg was now, a big and very bearly bear, and with the first tocsin of fall in the air he'd wandered off toward Sugar-loaf, answering the call of his kind.
1955, Agnes L. McCarthy, James Kenner Agnew, Prose and poetry for appreciation - misspellingMisspelling of burly.
All acting like nothing even happened at all. (Then, a half hour later) Boom! BOOOM!! (There's a poundin down at the door) As Jeanie goes ta answer it, as im in the kitchen getting cereal. As another Big bearly Man Comes barging in.
2010, Clydal Vania, On the Flight to Nowhere
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From bear + -ly. Compare bearlike.
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bearly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bearly
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