In a manner resembling or characteristic of a buzzard; with the predatory or watchful qualities of a buzzard.
Formed from 'buzzard' plus the adverbial suffix '-ly', which comes from Old English '-lice', meaning 'in the manner of' or 'like.' This construction creates an adverb from a noun-adjective combination.
The '-ly' suffix is one of English's most productive tools—you can attach it to almost any adjective to create an adverb, but pairing it with nouns like 'buzzard' to create descriptive adverbs shows how flexible our language really is.
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