different between lacertilian vs lizardly

English

Etymology

Lacertilia +? -ian

Adjective

lacertilian (comparative more lacertilian, superlative most lacertilian)

1. Relating to the reptilian suborder Lacertilia.
2. Lizardlike.

Noun

lacertilian (plural lacertilians)

1. A reptile of suborder Lacertilia.

English

Etymology

lizard +? -ly

Adjective

lizardly (comparative more lizardly, superlative most lizardly)

1. Reminiscent of or similar to a lizard.
   • 2009, James W. Roman, Bigger Than Blockbusters: Movies that Defined America (page 258)

     […] the eyes of replicants creator Dr. Eldon Tyrell are magnified by large lenses in his glasses, giving him a lizardly look.

2. Pertaining to lizards; lizard-related.
   • 1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun (volume 3, page 126)

     Only the taloned fingers at the "shoulders" of their wings showed the lizardly blood, and their orange bills full of sharp fishy teeth.

   • 1989, Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine, Last Chance to See

     But whatever malign emotions we tried to pin on to the lizard, we knew that they weren't the lizard's emotions at all, only ours. The lizard was simply going about its lizardly business in a simple, straightforward lizardly way.

Synonyms

• (similar to a lizard): lizardlike, lacertilian