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naily

naily adjective: full of nails (the fastener).

Adjective

naily (comparative more naily, superlative most naily)

  1. full of nails (the fastener)
  2. having long or overly protruding nails (fingernails or toenails)
    • As his black, naily fingers dug loose the scaly pig's skin, wandering tears came to the bo'sun 's eyes.1970, Arthur Mason, The cook and the captain bold

Forms of naily

comparativemore naily
superlativemost naily

Origin of naily

From nail + -y.

Questions about naily

What does naily mean?
Naily means full of nails (the fastener).
What part of speech is naily?
Naily is an adjective.

Words near naily in the dictionary

  1. Nailsworth
  2. nailtail wallabies
  3. nailtail wallaby
  4. nailwort
  5. nailworts
  6. naily
  7. Naim
  8. Naiman
  9. Naimans
  10. Naims
  11. nain

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