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firy

firy is the obsolete form of fiery.

Meaning of fiery

Adjective

fiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)

  1. Of or relating to fire.
  2. Burning or glowing.
    • Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
  3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
  4. Having the colour of fire.
  5. Hot or inflamed.
    • The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid
  6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
    • a fiery temper

See all 8 meanings of fiery

Forms of firy

comparativemore firy
superlativemost firy

Origin of firy

Equivalent to fire + -y.

Questions about firy

What is firy the obsolete form of?
Firy is the obsolete form of fiery.

Words near firy in the dictionary

  1. firtree
  2. firtrees
  3. Firun'baidhoo
  4. firwood
  5. firwoods
  6. firy
  7. FIS
  8. fis phenomenon
  9. FISA
  10. Fisaumme
  11. fisavirus

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