tigerlyadj.

/ˈtʌɪɡəli/

Etymology: < tiger n. + -ly suffix¹.

rare.

Tiger-like, tigerish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

grimlyc893

wrothc893

reighOE

grima1000

grillc1175

witherc1175

grimfula1240

sturdy1297

wild1297

fiercea1300

man-keenc1300

stoutc1300

cruelc1330

fell?c1335

wicked1375

felonousc1386

felona1400

cursedc1400

runishc1400

keen?c1425

roid?c1425

wolvishc1430

ranishc1450

malicious1485

mankind1519

mannish1530

lionish1549

truculent?c1550

lion-like1556

tigerish?1573

tiger-like1587

truculental1593

Amazonian1595

tigerous1597

feral1604

fierceful1607

efferous1614

lionly1631

tigerly1633

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

blusterous1663

wolfish1674

boarisha1718

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

wolfy1828

savagerous1832

hawkish1841

tigery1859

attern1868

Hunnish1915

1633 D. Dyke in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1874) IV. Ps. xciv. 12 Tigerly and tyrannical persecutors.

1648 King's Gracious Messages for Peace 39 They are not ashamed..to appropriate unto him their own Tigerly dispositions.

1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 289 You might mollify the heart of the most tigerly disposed of the human race.

Derivatives

† ˈtigerness n. Obsolete tigerishness, ferocity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimcundleȝcc1175

fellhead1340

ferteec1380

fiercenessc1384

savagenessa1400

grimliness14..

fellnessc1410

bestialitya1413

fierceheadc1440

cruelness?a1475

inhumanity1477

bremeness?1529

fury1534

tigerness1535

bruteness1538

immanity1539

wolvishness?1548

ferity?c1550

brutishness1567

truculency1569

Phalarism1581

ferocity1606

savagerya1616

brutality1633

inhumanness1649

wolfishness1676

boarishness1682

brutism1687

truculence1727

ferociousness1766

bestialism1824

tigerhood1846

Calibanism1859

unhumanness1885

inhumanism1907

Hunnishness1914

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [noun]