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形容詞

toothly (comparative toothlier または more toothly, superlative toothliest または most toothly)

1. Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
   • 1907, The Bay State monthly:

     For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one.

   • 1998, Sheila De La Rosa, The Encyclopedia of Weird:

     Peter stored his toothly treasures in a beautiful wooden case. Each tooth was secured to its own little compartment with a gray silk ribbon looped around it.

2. Toothy.
   • 1997, Kalpana Swaminathan, Cryptic death and other stories:

     'I see you're admiring our decor,' the man said with a toothly smile, and Paresh noticed that his canines bit wolfishly into his thick mulberry lip.

   • 2010, Robert Crudup, Malachi Moon: Journey of a Bluesman:

     She returned a toothly grin that displayed her deep, pretty dimples.

副詞

toothly (comparative toothlier または more toothly, superlative toothliest または most toothly)

1. In a manner regarding teeth; dentally.
   • 1934, Popular science talks: Volume 12:

     Toothly speaking then — it pays to stay savage. There is evidence too, that civilizations long before ours felt the stress of dental cares.

同意語

• teethly