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gardenly

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Etymology

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From garden +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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gardenly (comparative more gardenly, superlative most gardenly)

  1. Like a garden.
    • 1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Glocestershire:
      Pulse […] are, in the ordinary practice of the district, planted by women, and hoed by women and children, once, twice, and sometimes thrice; giving the crop, when the soil is sufficiently free from root weeds, a gardenly appearance; which is beautiful to the eye, in the former part of the summer […]
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