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kinkly

kinkly adjective: liable to kink or curl; kinky.

Adjective

kinkly (comparative more kinkly, superlative most kinkly)

  1. (obsolete) Liable to kink or curl; kinky.
    • and were addicted to short kinkly curls, exaggerated, in the case of villains of more than ordinary atrocity, into a stream of raven locks[…]1873, “Reminiscences of the Royal Pasteboard Theatre”, in The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal
    • When I knew him he was forty years of age, a thin, spare creature, with a bush of kinkly hair, negro lips, and a long face like that of a horse.1895, Vance Thompson, “Two Nigger Poets of Paris”, in M'lle New York, volume 1

Forms of kinkly

comparativemore kinkly
superlativemost kinkly

Origin of kinkly

From kinkle + -y?

Questions about kinkly

What does kinkly mean?
Kinkly means liable to kink or curl; kinky.
What part of speech is kinkly?
Kinkly is an adjective.

Words near kinkly in the dictionary

  1. kinkle
  2. kinkled
  3. kinkles
  4. kinkless
  5. kinkling
  6. kinkly
  7. kinkmeme
  8. kinkmemes
  9. kinkob
  10. kinkobs
  11. Kinkora

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