parkly

English

Etymology

park + -ly

Adjective

parkly (comparative more parkly, superlative most parkly)

  1. (obsolete) parklike
    • 1982, Roger White, Lord Burlington and His Circle, page 25:
      I am not concerned with Tottenham in the late 17th century when Aubrey described it as a 'most parkly ground and romancy place', observing that the Duke's seat was 'now to be made a compleat new pile of good architecture'.
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