sonly

adj

Etymology

From Middle English sonely, equivalent to son + -ly. Compare Dutch zoonlijk, German söhnlich, Swedish sonlig.

  1. inherited from sonely

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.

    • There's something sonly in each human being; but how well he hides it, and how unskillful we are at finding it! This "something sonly" is the vacuum of our hearts — a yearning emptiness that strains to be filled with Christ.
    • And also, if the Father were not the Father, then the Son would not have his sonly name.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sonly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA