fishly

Definitions

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or pertaining to fishes; piscine.

Examples

“[…] which fowles "would strike⟳ at our men as they were aloft: "some of them wee killed and eat⟳: they seemed-" to us very good, only tasted somewhat fishly.”

“Twice the cork bobbed prophecies of a fishly investigation. Twice the angler raised the squirming bait; but each time minus the scaly victim.”

“At this the Fish⟳ did titter a fishly Titter, and Bit!”

“It is a personality of a fishly sort⟳.”

“The perch, for example, regards the danger as exaggerated: all one needed was to exercise moderation, "as a fishly virtue"; "it had bitten off many a bait without suffering any damage⟳ to its body."”

“In due course they reached the far side of the Element of Water, gourd annex. The path lead⟳ through a translucent vertical wall, and there seemed to be no special challenge⟳ to passing through it, except for their fishly status.”

“"In sooth, the fellow talks as if in earnest," remarked the king, after a moment's reflection, "and though the request⟳ is, perhaps, the strangest to which I have⟳ ever listened, I really see⟳ no reason⟳ why I should not turn⟳ a fishly ear."”

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