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boily

boily adjective: having the appearance of boiling.

Adjective

boily (comparative more boily, superlative most boily)

  1. Having the appearance of boiling.
    • […] an intimidating drop into a boily gorge, beneath the rotting skeleton of a high metal bridge.2004, Bridget Thomas, Scottish White Water: 2nd Edition (page 292)

Forms of boily

comparativemore boily
superlativemost boily

Origin of boily

boil + -y

Questions about boily

What does boily mean?
Boily means having the appearance of boiling.
What part of speech is boily?
Boily is an adjective.

Words near boily in the dictionary

  1. boils over
  2. boils someone's piss
  3. boils the ocean
  4. boils up
  5. boilt
  6. boily
  7. BOINC
  8. boine
  9. boines
  10. boing
  11. boinged

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