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crystally

crystally adverb: like or as a crystal.

Adverb

crystally (comparative more crystally, superlative most crystally)

  1. Like or as a crystal.
    • It is clear, yet not crystally transparent; and, though a deep colour, is neither green nor blue[…]1820, Jane Waldie, Sketches descriptive of Italy in the years 1816 and 1817, volume 4, page 320
    • 25 April, 1861, George Eliot, letter to Charles L. Lewes
      There is a crystally clear river flowing by Vidauban, called the Argent: it rushes along between a fringe of aspens and willows […]

Forms of crystally

comparativemore crystally
superlativemost crystally

Origin of crystally

From crystal + -ly.

Words formed from crystally

Words that rhyme with crystally

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about crystally

What does crystally mean?
Crystally means like or as a crystal.
What part of speech is crystally?
Crystally is an adverb.

Words near crystally in the dictionary

  1. crystallostratum
  2. crystalls
  3. crystallurgy
  4. crystalluria
  5. crystalluric
  6. crystally
  7. crystally clear
  8. crystalographic
  9. crystalopathies
  10. crystalopathy
  11. crystals

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