flaily
flaily adjective: acting like a flail; flailing.
Adjective
flaily (comparative more flaily, superlative most flaily)
- Acting like a flail; flailing.
- At once all furrows plow, the strugling streams
O're all the main gape wide, boile foamie streams,
With flaly-oares and slicing foredecks fierce,
Which through the bustling billows proudly pierce.1632, Virgil, translated by John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil, Book 5 - “I hardly think someone as flaily as you can complain about anything.”
- “Flaily? That's not even a word,” I huffed, enjoying his arms around me more than I wanted to admit.
- “Flaily, as in, one who flails. […] ”2016, Alice Clayton, The Cocktail Collection: Wallbanger, Rusty Nailed, and Screwdrivered
- At once all furrows plow, the strugling streams
Forms of flaily
| comparative | more flaily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most flaily |
Origin of flaily
From flail + -y.
Questions about flaily
- What does flaily mean?
- Flaily means acting like a flail; flailing.
- What part of speech is flaily?
- Flaily is an adjective.
Words near flaily in the dictionary
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