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coily

coily adjective: having coils; coiling. Also the obsolete form of coyly.

Adjective

coily (comparative coilier, superlative coiliest)

  1. Having coils; coiling.
    • The pillars in Figure 12.24 were built similarly: I designed a helix (a coily cord shape) and then swept a large 2D circle along the path the helix describes.2008, Gary David Bouton, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended: Retouching Motion Pictures

Also used as

coily is also the obsolete form of coyly.

coily is also the misspelling of coyly.

Forms of coily

Adjective
comparativecoilier
superlativecoiliest
Adverb
comparativemore coily
superlativemost coily

Origin of coily

From coil + -y.

From coy + -ly.

Questions about coily

What does coily mean?
Coily means having coils; coiling.
What part of speech is coily?
Coily is an adjective.

Words near coily in the dictionary

  1. coilopoceratids
  2. coilover
  3. coilovers
  4. coils
  5. coils up
  6. coily
  7. Coimadai
  8. coimage
  9. coimages
  10. Coimbatore
  11. Coimbra

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