"moonly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more moonly [comparative], most moonly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), equivalent to moon + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|monelich}} Middle English monelich, {{inh|en|ang|mōnlīċ||lunar}} Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), {{suffix|en|moon|ly|id2=adjectival}} moon + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} moonly (comparative more moonly, superlative most moonly)
  1. (now rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-moonly-en-adj-KVuigArm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 81 19
  2. (by extension, now rare) Lunatic. Tags: archaic, broadly
    Sense id: en-moonly-en-adj-fTOBzKjC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: moonish, moonlike, moony Coordinate_terms: earthly, starly, sunly

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