puppily

English

Etymology

puppy +‎ -ly

Adjective

puppily (comparative more puppily, superlative most puppily)

1. (obsolete) Befitting a puppy.

Adverb

puppily (comparative more puppily, superlative most puppily)

1. (rare) In a puppyish manner.
   • 2012, Jordan Rex Jensen, Psalms of Life:

     Sometimes I was puppily in love, sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love.