islandly

English

Etymology

From island + -ly.

Adjective

islandly (comparative more islandly, superlative most islandly)

  1. Like, relating to, or typical of an island; islandy
    • 1952, Marie Drennan, The World I Live in - Page 137:
      I walk in the chalk-white light on the limestone path in the grasses, Away past the populous park with the horn-blasting, raucous recordings, Strolling past hollyhock rows with the powder of gold on their noses, I find me an islandly place shadow-laced by a leafy umbrella, [...]
    • 1981, New Pacific - Volume 6 - Page 18:
      [...] paddled by lavalava clad men, numerous press motorboats, a few Hobies and windsurfers, and one police motorboat accompanied the 40-foot double-hulled canoe that carried Santos and her attendants, pageant officials, and an "islandly" Triton trumpeteer to the coronation site.
    • 1999, Donald Spoto, The Dark Side of Genius:
      "[...] He's waiting to be buried. All the usual, dependable, un-islandly things. You understand."
    • 2004, Norma H. Mandel, Beyond the Garden Gate:
      She explains that "Thaxter invites the onlooker to relinquish self-consciousness, to view the familiar sea and islands 'islandly,' as she does.
    • 2006, Mitchell S. Green, Engaging Philosophy - Page 44:
      Gaunilo's point was that if the argument was a good one, it could just as easily be used to prove the existence of a Greatest Conceivable Island. After all, a GCI has all possible islandly perfections, such as maximally white sand, perfect surfing waves, delicious coconuts, and so forth.
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