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ringlety

ringlety adjective: characterised by ringlets.

Adjective

ringlety (comparative more ringlety, superlative most ringlety)

  1. Characterised by ringlets.
    • It must be admitted, too, that the airy ringlety style of coiffure, which is one of the distinctive marks of this painter, was only becoming, even in the young, to the most evanescent species of beauty.1852, Isabel Rigby, Music and the Art of Dress, page 101

Forms of ringlety

comparativemore ringlety
superlativemost ringlety
alternative formringletty

Origin of ringlety

From ringlet + -y.

Questions about ringlety

What does ringlety mean?
Ringlety means characterised by ringlets.
What part of speech is ringlety?
Ringlety is an adjective.

Words near ringlety in the dictionary

  1. ringleted
  2. ringleting
  3. ringlets
  4. ringletted
  5. ringletty
  6. ringlety
  7. ringlight
  8. ringlights
  9. ringlike
  10. ringling
  11. ringmail

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