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hackly

hackly adjective: with a Jagged or rough surface.

Adjective

hackly (comparative more hackly, superlative most hackly)

  1. With a Jagged or rough surface.

Forms of hackly

comparativemore hackly
superlativemost hackly

Origin of hackly

From hackle + -y. Cf. Hackley.

Questions about hackly

What does hackly mean?
Hackly means with a Jagged or rough surface.
What part of speech is hackly?
Hackly is an adjective.

Words near hackly in the dictionary

  1. Hackleys
  2. hacklike
  3. hacklikes
  4. hackling
  5. hackling up
  6. hackly
  7. hackman
  8. hackmanite
  9. hackmanites
  10. Hackmann
  11. Hackmanns

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