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Etymology

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From witch +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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witchly (comparative more witchly, superlative most witchly)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.
    • 2008, Stephen King, A Very Tight Place:
      What if The Motherfucker, imagining that his witchly enemy might try this very thing, had put a snake in there?
    • 2009, Stephen Schneider, Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada, page 176:
      Her large face and wide cheekbones accommodated an oversized mouth and a pug nose. Her puss was topped by neatly plaited hair and underscored by a witchly pointed chin.