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spelky

spelky adjective: splintery.

Adjective

spelky (comparative more spelky, superlative most spelky)

  1. splintery
    • the sing of axe on concrete, swerving off knots in spelky sticksa. 1972, Sandy Cunningham, Far Back Down
    • The fibre [from the boreholes] was spelky, i.e. occurs as hard and brittle sticks and is not fluffy.1973, Zimbabwe Geological Survey

Forms of spelky

comparativemore spelky
superlativemost spelky

Origin of spelky

From spelk + -y.

Questions about spelky

What does spelky mean?
Spelky means splintery.
What part of speech is spelky?
Spelky is an adjective.

Words near spelky in the dictionary

  1. spelicans
  2. spelk
  3. spelked
  4. spelking
  5. spelks
  6. spelky
  7. spell
  8. spell casting
  9. spell castings
  10. spell check
  11. spell checked

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