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cockly

cockly adjective: marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles.

Adjective

cockly (comparative more cockly, superlative most cockly)

  1. Marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles
    • To stand up in the cockly boats in the rough swirling water was at first rather nervous work, but we soon got not to mind it.1903, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 173

Forms of cockly

comparativemore cockly
superlativemost cockly

Origin of cockly

From cockle + -y.

Questions about cockly

What does cockly mean?
Cockly means marked with, abounding in, or infested with cockles.
What part of speech is cockly?
Cockly is an adjective.

Words near cockly in the dictionary

  1. cocklike
  2. cockling
  3. cocklings
  4. cockloft
  5. cocklofts
  6. cockly
  7. Cockman
  8. cockmaster
  9. cockmasters
  10. cockmatch
  11. cockmatches

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