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suckly

suckly adjective: tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck.

Adjective

suckly (comparative sucklier or more suckly, superlative suckliest or most suckly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck.
    • Those of us who are aware that we DO suck strive to remedy it and thus continually improve. Those who are not aware that they suck only grow sucklier day by day."2006, J. R. Dobbs, Ivan Stang, The SubGenius Psychlopaedia of Slack
  2. (nonstandard, rare) Causing desire to suck or be sucked; suckable; succulent.
    • I know my cherries, I've had many cherries, every shape of suckly melons, for they come in many shapes, [...]1993, Don Nigro, Ardy Fafirsin - Page 13
    • THE BREASTS Those mushy, gushy, fleshy, firm, bouncy, bitsy, tender, toppling, pointed, dangling, suckly, large, medium, or small mounds of nipple, areola, and boob are highly erogenous for lots of women.2007, Jamye Waxman, Getting Off

Forms of suckly

comparativesucklier
comparativemore suckly
superlativesuckliest
superlativemost suckly

Origin of suckly

Exact formation uncertain, but apparently either from suck + -ly, suckle + -y, or suckle + -ly; or a combination of all.

Questions about suckly

What does suckly mean?
Suckly means tending to, apt to, prone to, or desirous to suck.
What part of speech is suckly?
Suckly is an adjective.

Words near suckly in the dictionary

  1. suckling
  2. suckling clover
  3. suckling pig
  4. suckling pigs
  5. sucklings
  6. suckly
  7. Suckov
  8. Suckow
  9. Suckows
  10. Suckramento
  11. sucks

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