different between horny vs hornily

English

Etymology

From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn +? -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrni? (“angular”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?.ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h??.ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Adjective

horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest)

1. Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

   Synonyms: callous, coarse, hardened, rough

   • 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 6,

     Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors.

2. Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
3. Having horns.

   Synonym: horned
4. (informal) Sexually aroused.

   Synonyms: randy, toey, in heat, excited; see also Thesaurus:randy
5. (informal) Sexually arousing.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexy

   • 2003, Peep Show (TV series), Funeral (episode)

     Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't!

Derived terms

• (sexually aroused): horniness

Descendants

• (sexually aroused): ? Irish: adharcach (semantic loan)

Translations

Further reading

• “horny”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “horny”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

horny +? -ly

Adverb

hornily (comparative more hornily, superlative most hornily)

1. In a horny manner.