Etymology From tooth + -ly. Compare toothlike, teethlike, toothily.
1
Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
For, firstly, the membership of these societies is limited; arid "toothly," as the colored preacher said, one blackball will keep out any one.1907, The Bay State monthly:
Peter stored his toothly treasures in a beautiful wooden case. Each tooth was secured to its own little compartment with a gray silk ribbon looped around it.1998, Sheila De La Rosa, The Encyclopedia of Weird:
2
Toothy.
'I see you're admiring our decor,' the man said with a toothly smile, and Paresh noticed that his canines bit wolfishly into his thick mulberry lip.1997, Kalpana Swaminathan, Cryptic death and other stories:
She returned a toothly grin that displayed her deep, pretty dimples.2010, Robert Crudup, Malachi Moon: Journey of a Bluesman:
toothly
adv
Etymology From tooth + -ly. Compare toothlike, teethlike, toothily.
1
In a manner regarding teeth; dentally.
Toothly speaking then — it pays to stay savage. There is evidence too, that civilizations long before ours felt the stress of dental cares.1934, Popular science talks: Volume 12