glidy
/ˈɡlaɪdi/
glidy adjective: that glides.
Adjective
glidy (comparative more glidy, superlative most glidy)
- That glides.
- Naturally, a man of Disko's reputation was closely watched—"scrowged upon," Dan called it—by his neighbours, but he had a very pretty knack of giving them the slip through the curdling, glidy fog-banks.1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC
Forms of glidy
| comparative | more glidy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most glidy |
Origin of glidy
From glide + -y.
Words that rhyme with glidy
Questions about glidy
- What does glidy mean?
- Glidy means that glides.
- What part of speech is glidy?
- Glidy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce glidy?
- Glidy is pronounced /ˈɡlaɪdi/.
Words near glidy in the dictionary
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