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mackerelly

mackerelly adjective: resembling or characteristic of mackerel.

Adjective

mackerelly (comparative more mackerelly, superlative most mackerelly)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of mackerel.
    • a mackerelly taste

Forms of mackerelly

comparativemore mackerelly
superlativemost mackerelly

Origin of mackerelly

From mackerel + -y.

Questions about mackerelly

What does mackerelly mean?
Mackerelly means resembling or characteristic of mackerel.
What part of speech is mackerelly?
Mackerelly is an adjective.

Words near mackerelly in the dictionary

  1. mackereler
  2. mackerelers
  3. mackereling
  4. mackerelled
  5. mackerelling
  6. mackerelly
  7. mackerels
  8. Mackereth
  9. Mackeson
  10. Mackesy
  11. Mackey

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