beaverly

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adjective

Like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike

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Meanings

adjectivebeaverly (comparative more beaverly, superlative most beaverly)

comparative more beaverly · superlative most beaverly

  1. Like, relating to, or befitting a beaver; beaverlike

    "[…] Great idea, isn't it? I wonder how long they would take to Darwinize into webbed feet and a beaverly breadth of tail."

    1892, Rolf Boldrewood, The Squatter's Dream
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    Indeed, they are already doing so with all the complacent industry of beavers and the beaverly repetition of aims and methods.

    1963, The Canadian Forum: A Monthly Journal of Literature and Public Affairs

    Tao The Ching, the Upanishads, or Ojibway creation tales it's not owing to any sense of piety or to the beaverly enthusiasms of a pedant, but because of an ardent and abiding curiosity.

    1997, Steven Heighton, The Admen Move on Lhasa

Origin

From beaver + -ly.

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APA

beaverly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaverly

MLA

“beaverly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaverly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beaverly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaverly.

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