tigerly, a. rare.
(ˈtaɪgəlɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ly1.]
Tiger-like, tigerish.
| 1633 D. Dyke in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. 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 Chamb. Jrnl. IV. 289 You might mollify the heart of the most tigerly disposed of the human race. |
So † ˈtigerness Obs., tigerishness, ferocity.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 91 He changit syne..To tigirnes and greit tiranitie. |