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wizardly

wizardly

1 9.4
Having magical powers like a wizard
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪzərdli/
translation icon : mágico
  • The magician's performance was so captivating that it felt truly wizardly.

Examples

  • His wizardly abilities amazed everyone at the magic show, leaving the audience in awe.

  • We will break up the healthcare system and rearrange it in our wizardly wisdom.

    Blog text (31)
  • Now, in the canyon plow, he is keen for another wizardly drive by Wally.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Guy is very open about "living at the apex of Empire" and pursuing a Green Wizardly approach to dropping out.

    Blog text (24)
  • Once you reveal the slightest hint of wizardly power, everyone in the vicinity wants a spell, a charm, or a disenchantment, and there goes your peace and quiet.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Schinhofen was able to use his wizardly powers of persuasion to get fellow Pahrump commissioners Butch Borasky and Gary Hollis to vote his way.

    Blog text (32)
  • She moved with a wizardly grace, effortlessly conjuring enchantments in the air.

Synonyms

magical
vswizardly
156 3.8

Having powers that people say come from witches or wizards

is more about being linked to particular practitioner abilities
magic
vswizardly
  • Literature
53 5.5

Having power to make impossible things happen, as in stories

is closer to practitioner traits and individual abilities
charming
vswizardly
8 8.2

Having magic power to change people or things

is about practitionerlike powers and general supernatural qualities
sorcerous
vswizardly
  • Literature
1 9.9

Having magic powers like those in stories

is the general label for practitioner qualities and abilities
wizard
vswizardly
1 7.5

Related to magic, like a spell

is about qualities and powers of those practitioners rather than the person
witching
vswizardly
  • Archaic
1 8.8

Having strange magic that seems to affect people or places

is broader, covering practitioner qualities not only witchcraft cases

Antonyms

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

80 4.3

Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring

How Magical

supernatural
34 7.4
enchanted
48 5.6
wizardly
1 9.4
magical
156 3.8

Surface Forms

wizardly positive

Morphology

wizardly = wizard (transparent) = wizard + ly

Formed by the productive suffix '-ly' added to 'wizard', so the meaning 'having qualities of a wizard' is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Wizardly comes from the word wizard, which in turn comes from the old word wise, meaning 'knowledge' or 'good judgment', and the ending -ly turns it into an adjective. So wizardly means having the clever, almost 'magical' skill or power of a wizard.