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ratly

ratly adjective: of, resembling, or relating to rats.

Adjective

ratly (comparative more ratly, superlative most ratly)

  1. Of, resembling, or relating to rats.
    • I did get her to swear that she'd wouldn't actually break any laws, although I'm sure she'll interpret that promise with a ratly twist.2004, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly

Forms of ratly

comparativemore ratly
superlativemost ratly

Origin of ratly

From rat + -ly.

Questions about ratly

What does ratly mean?
Ratly means of, resembling, or relating to rats.
What part of speech is ratly?
Ratly is an adjective.

Words near ratly in the dictionary

  1. ratlines
  2. ratling
  3. Ratlinghope
  4. ratlings
  5. ratlins
  6. ratly
  7. RATM
  8. ratmageddon
  9. ratmageddons
  10. Ratna
  11. Ratnagiri

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