different between dogly vs dogy

English

From Middle English *dogly, *doglich, equivalent dog +? -ly. Compare doglike.

dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)

Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
- 1908, Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, The Outlook:
  I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches.
- 1966, Kiplinger's Personal Finance:
  If a chicken invades your garden to steal seed and your dog barks at it in the line of dogly duty, the chicken's owner has the legal right to kill your dog.

dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)

dogy (plural dogies)

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