tigerly

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adjective

Relating to or resembling a tiger

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivetigerly (comparative more tigerly, superlative most tigerly)

comparative more tigerly · superlative most tigerly

  1. Relating to or resembling a tiger

    But my brain that had become tigerly was not as sharp as my human brain had been.

    2014, Manoj Das, The Lady Who Died One And A Half Times
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    So it appears that it's good to do tigerly things except when those tigerly "instincts" conflict with the choreography of a good show.

    1999, Jane Desmond, Staging Tourism

    He further impresses me with the fact that it is the only fruit tigerly enough for tigers to crave.

    2016, Gisèle Villeneuve, Rising Abruptly

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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