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freckly

freckly adjective: full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.

Adjective

freckly (comparative frecklier, superlative freckliest)

  1. Full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.

Adverb

freckly (comparative more freckly, superlative most freckly)

  1. (obsolete) hurriedly
  2. boldly; eagerly.

Forms of freckly

Adjective
comparativefrecklier
superlativefreckliest
Adverb
comparativemore freckly
superlativemost freckly

Origin of freckly

From freckle + -y.

Questions about freckly

What does freckly mean?
Freckly means full of or marked with freckles; sprinkled with spots; freckled.
What part of speech is freckly?
Freckly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near freckly in the dictionary

  1. freckling
  2. freckling up
  3. frecklings
  4. Frecklington
  5. frecklish
  6. freckly
  7. frecks
  8. Frecăței
  9. Fred
  10. Fred Astaire
  11. Fred Bloggs

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