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chloriney

chloriney adjective: with, or like, chlorine.

Adjective

chloriney (comparative more chloriney, superlative most chloriney)

  1. (informal) With, or like, chlorine.
    • It had diving boards and wave machines and a giant anaconda slide, and there were so many children splashing around in its chloriney waters...2002, Philip Reeve, The big freeze, page 50
    • For traveling or emergencies you can get sterilizing tablets to dissolve in water, but they make things taste nasty and chloriney.2004, Kaz Cooke, Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids, page 113

Forms of chloriney

comparativemore chloriney
superlativemost chloriney

Origin of chloriney

From chlorine + -y.

Questions about chloriney

What does chloriney mean?
Chloriney means with, or like, chlorine.
What part of speech is chloriney?
Chloriney is an adjective.

Words near chloriney in the dictionary

  1. chlorine-36
  2. chlorine-37
  3. chlorineless
  4. chlorinelike
  5. chlorines
  6. chloriney
  7. chloriniferous
  8. chlorinise
  9. chlorinised
  10. chlorinises
  11. chlorinising

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