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beely
beely
English
Adjective
beely (comparative more beely, superlative most beely)
- Of, relating to or pertaining to bees; apian.
- 1877, Elizabeth Anna Hart, Silver wings and golden scales:
- As for bees, we cannot accuse them of silence, as the peculiar buzzing-sound they make in flying, [...] and which is so very agreeable to our ears when its gentle monotony enlivens the calm of the warm summer air, is, we may hope, a cheerful accompaniment to all beely labours, and as pleasant to those who make it as our voices are to us, [...]
- 1950, Gleanings in bee culture:
- With their countenance' spaces Planned for beely enterprise [...]
- 1877, Elizabeth Anna Hart, Silver wings and golden scales:
Adverb
beely (comparative more beely, superlative most beely)
- In a beely or beelike manner.
- 1965, Murray Hoyt, The world of bees:
- His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible.
- 1965, Murray Hoyt, The world of bees:
Etymology 2
Variation of belie.
Verb
beely (third-person singular simple present beelies, present participle beelying, simple past and past participle beelied)
- Alternative form of belie
- 1813, Matteo Bandello, Joseph Haslewood, Giovanni Boccaccio, Palace of pleasure:
- And were it not that I haue a desire in nothing to beely the author, and lesse will to leaue that which he had wrytten vpon the miserable end [...]
- 1813, Matteo Bandello, Joseph Haslewood, Giovanni Boccaccio, Palace of pleasure: