boylyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɔɪli/, U.S.

/ˈbɔɪli/

Forms: see boy n.¹ and int. and -ly suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boy n.¹, -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < boy n.¹ + -ly suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier boyish adj., puerile adj. In later use after manly adj.

Now rare.

Having the characteristic qualities of a boy; boyish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > boy > [adjective]

boyish1542

boyly1552

laddish1841

little boy1843

small boy1858

boyey1885

boysy1921

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Boylye or boyesh, or pertaynynge to a boye.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1528/1 What a stoute boylie heretick is this? how malipertly he aunswereth?

1615 R. Woods tr. A. Neville Norfolkes Furies sig. I^v (margin) A boyly tricke iustly punished.

1902 W. S. Gilbert Let. 6 Oct. in S. Dark & R. Grey W. S. Gilbert (1923) viii. 174 The..lady declined to engage the boy, as he was covered..with red spots with little yellow centres..: ‘I like a manly man and I like a womanly woman, but I can't stand a boyly boy.’

1999 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. 44 At your age, you're sort of a manly boy. Then, for the rest of your life, you're a boyly man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boyly
释义	boylyadj. Brit. /ˈbɔɪli/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪli/ Forms: see boy n.¹ and int. and -ly suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boy n.¹, -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < boy n.¹ + -ly suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier boyish adj., puerile adj. In later use after manly adj. Now rare. Having the characteristic qualities of a boy; boyish. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [adjective] boyish1542 boyly1552 laddish1841 little boy1843 small boy1858 boyey1885 boysy1921 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Boylye or boyesh, or pertaynynge to a boye. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1528/1 What a stoute boylie heretick is this? how malipertly he aunswereth? 1615 R. Woods tr. A. Neville Norfolkes Furies sig. I^v (margin) A boyly tricke iustly punished. 1902 W. S. Gilbert Let. 6 Oct. in S. Dark & R. Grey W. S. Gilbert (1923) viii. 174 The..lady declined to engage the boy, as he was covered..with red spots with little yellow centres..: ‘I like a manly man and I like a womanly woman, but I can't stand a boyly boy.’ 1999 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. 44 At your age, you're sort of a manly boy. Then, for the rest of your life, you're a boyly man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1552
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