Foxly

Origin

From Middle English *foxlich (compare Middle English foxliche) equivalent to fox + -ly.

Full definition of foxly

Adjective

1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of a fox; vulpine.
• 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix:His foxly object was attained. The attention of the hunters was diverted.
• 1968, Hugh Latimer, Allan Griffith Chester, Selected Sermons of Hugh Latimer:But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lionlike cruelty, power to do hurt more than either aspis or basiliscus, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, ...
• 2008, Joseph R. Conlin, The American Past: A Survey of American History:Howe and the army settled into New York where the population was friendly, including a huge contingent of prostitutes whom both Americans and British described as a terrifying lot: “bitch foxly jades, hogs, strums.”