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Snily

Snily proper noun: the ship of characters Severus Snape and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.

Proper noun

Snily

  1. (slang) The ship of characters Severus Snape and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.
    • A classic example is Jily (James/Lily) vs. Snily (Snape/Lily), which even had its own debate at LeakyCon.2013 October, “Why Victoria (@timelinenargles) Keeps Calm And Ships Jily”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 18
    • "If Snily had been a thing, there would have been no Harry Potter."2014, Alice Oseman, Solitaire, unnumbered page

Origin of Snily

Blend of Snape + Lily.

Questions about Snily

What does Snily mean?
Snily means the ship of characters Severus Snape and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.
What part of speech is Snily?
Snily is a proper noun.

Words near Snily in the dictionary

  1. Sniktbub
  2. snilch
  3. snilched
  4. snilches
  5. snilching
  6. Snily
  7. snip
  8. snip-snap
  9. snip-snap-snorem
  10. snip-snap-snorum
  11. snip-snapped

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