beely

English

Etymology 1

From bee +‎ -ly.

Adjective

beely (comparative more beely, superlative most beely)

1. (rare) 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 […]

Etymology 2

From bee +‎ -ly.

Adverb

beely (comparative more beely, superlative most beely)

1. (humorous, rare) In a beelike manner.
   • 1965, Murray Hoyt, The world of bees:

     His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible.

Etymology 3

Variant of belie.

Verb

beely (third-person singular simple present beelies, present participle beelying, simple past and past participle beelied)

1. Obsolete 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 [...]

Anagrams

• Eleby, belye