a. Now rare. [f. LION + -LY.] Lion-like.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xiv. § 2. 242. Sacrifizing to their Pagan Gods … that Lyonly Nazarite Sampson.
1660. Gauden, Serm. Brownrig, 236. That which in their Physiognomy is … lupine or leonine (for so we read some men had lionly looks).
1898. G. Meredith, Odes Fr. Hist., 50. Which bring at whiles the lionly far roar.
