different between whorely vs whorey

English

Etymology

From whore +? -ly.

Adjective

whorely (comparative more whorely, superlative most whorely)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or befitting a whore; whorelike; whorish.
   • 2013, Martha Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age - Page 168:

     […] the family spawned two kinds of women, the womanly woman and her negation, the whorely whore: the pure and the impure.

   • 2013, Daniel Arasse, Take a Closer Look - Page 81:

     So, since she had thrown away all her whorely jewels, she turned the umbilical cord into a necklace and wore it around her alabaster neck.

Anagrams

• Whorley

English

Etymology

whore +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

whorey (comparative whorier, superlative whoriest)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) Slutty, promiscuous.
   • 1974, The New York times book review (volume 2)

     The pity is that she didn't get more of the entertaining roles that were in her range; she hardly had the stability to play a mother or even a secretary and she was a shade too whorey for Daisy Miller or her descendants […]

   • 2011, Cris Mazza, Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls (page 161)

     After I told her, I stayed, as the chorus girls and the all-girl band applied their heavy whorey make-up, and watched the boy who played the MC get his face created.

   That is a very whorey, showy dress, Sara.

Translations

Anagrams

• Howery