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saily

saily adjective: resembling a sail, or sailing.

Adjective

saily (comparative more saily, superlative most saily)

  1. Resembling a sail, or sailing.
    • From Penmens craggy height to try her saily wings1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 10 p. 157

Forms of saily

comparativemore saily
superlativemost saily

Origin of saily

From sail + -y.

Questions about saily

What does saily mean?
Saily means resembling a sail, or sailing.
What part of speech is saily?
Saily is an adjective.

Words near saily in the dictionary

  1. sailsman
  2. sailsmen
  3. sailwear
  4. sailworthiness
  5. sailworthy
  6. saily
  7. sailyard
  8. sailyards
  9. sailyarn
  10. saim
  11. Saimaa ringed seal

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