"fishly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fishly [comparative], most fishly [superlative]
Etymology: From fish + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fish|ly}} fish + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} fishly (comparative more fishly, superlative most fishly)
  1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine. Synonyms: fishlike, fishy, ichthyic, piscine
    Sense id: en-fishly-en-adj-ne2i3o05 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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          "ref": "1699, Cowley, Cooke's Voyage",
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          "ref": "1916, University of Michigan. College of Engineering, The Michigan technic",
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          "ref": "1920, John Arthur Thomson, Biology of the Seasons",
          "text": "It is a personality of a fishly sort.",
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          "ref": "1989, Einar Ingvald Haugen, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Immigrant idealist",
          "text": "The perch, for example, regards the danger as exaggerated: all one needed was to exercise moderation, \"as a fishly virtue\"; \"it had bitten off many a bait without suffering any damage to its body.\"",
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          "ref": "2000, Piers Anthony, Vale of the Vole",
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          "text": "\"In sooth, the fellow talks as if in earnest,\" remarked the king, after a moment's reflection, \"and though the request is, perhaps, the strangest to which I have ever listened, I really see no reason why I should not turn a fishly ear.\"",
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      "word": "ichthyic"
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