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jeesly

jeesly is the alternative form of jeezly.

Meaning of jeezly

Adjective

jeezly (not comparable)

  1. (New-England, US, dated, especially) A general intensifier.
    • He looked like somethin' the cat brought in; and us in our play-actin' costooms, with the grease-paint makin' us blush outside of our sickenin' misery under the smoky light of one lamp—the picture it made was a jeezly frost, now you can bet on that and carry money home.1907 May, George Alan England, “Burdocks and Blueberries”, in The All-Story Magazine, page 739

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Questions about jeesly

What is jeesly the alternative form of?
Jeesly is the alternative form of jeezly.

Words near jeesly in the dictionary

  1. jeers
  2. jeery
  3. jees
  4. jeesely
  5. jeesh
  6. jeesly
  7. jeet
  8. jeet kune do
  9. jeetery
  10. Jeetho
  11. jeetification

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