onlier
onlier noun: something that lies very close to the expected position. Also the alternative form of onlyer.
Noun
onlier (plural onliers)
- Something that lies very close to the expected position.
- Butte ( onlier )1992, Helmut Blume, Andrew Goudie, Rita Gardner, Colour Atlas of the Surface Forms of the Earth, page 71
- Such outcrops of younger rock, entirely surrounded by older beds, are called outliers or onliers.1997, Ruud Weijermars, Structural Geology and Map Interpretation, page 80
Also used as
onlier is also the alternative form of onlyer.
Forms of onlier
| plural | onliers |
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Origin of onlier
From on- + lier.
From only + -er.
Questions about onlier
- What does onlier mean?
- Onlier means something that lies very close to the expected position.
- What part of speech is onlier?
- Onlier is a noun.
- What is the plural of onlier?
- The plural of onlier is onliers.
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