a. [f. AUTHOR sb. + -LY1; cf. fatherly.] Proper to authors, authorial.
1784. Cowper, Let. Unwin, 1 Nov. (R.). He keeps his own authorly secrets.
1834. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), III. 90. The authorly rule … appears to be to insert the possible maximum of stops.
