fruitly

English

Etymology

From fruit +‎ -ly.

Adjective

fruitly (comparative more fruitly, superlative most fruitly)

1. (rare) Of or pertaining to fruit; fruity; fruitful
   • 1775, Robert Anderson, The Works of the British Poets:

     What makes a plenteous harvest, when to turn
     The fruitly soil, and when to sow the corn.

   • 1879, Henry Rolfe, Illya, page 4:

     This prince was called Phyllian, a prince
     Whose prowess was a theme upon those seas,
     Who from the time of youth, and ever since,
     Had ruled those islands, and their fruitly trees
     Protected from the spoiler that would seize […]

   • 1913, The Indicator, volume 39, page 70:

     The most fruitly limbs of some family trees are grafts.

   • 1933, Dairymen's Association of the Province of Quebec, Report, volumes 51-54, page 6:

     Later on, in the heat of summer, fruitly flavour, open and soft texture and gassy cheese were the cause of many No. 2 grades.