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shaley

shaley adjective: pertaining to or resembling shale.

Adjective

shaley (comparative more shaley, superlative most shaley)

  1. Pertaining to or resembling shale.

Forms of shaley

comparativemore shaley
superlativemost shaley
alternative formshaly

Origin of shaley

From shale + -y.

Questions about shaley

What does shaley mean?
Shaley means pertaining to or resembling shale.
What part of speech is shaley?
Shaley is an adjective.

Words near shaley in the dictionary

  1. shaler
  2. shalers
  3. shales
  4. shaleshudes
  5. Shalev
  6. shaley
  7. Shalfleet
  8. Shalford
  9. Shalhevet
  10. shaliach
  11. shaliachs

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