puppily

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English

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Etymology

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From puppy +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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puppily (comparative more puppily, superlative most puppily)

  1. (obsolete) Befitting a puppy.

Adverb

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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.
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