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swaly

swaly adjective: boggy; marshy.

Adjective

swaly (comparative swalier, superlative swaliest)

  1. Boggy; marshy.
    Synonyms:
    hoggy
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) Shady.

Synonyms of swaly

Forms of swaly

comparativeswalier
superlativeswaliest

Origin of swaly

From swale + -y.

Questions about swaly

What does swaly mean?
Swaly means boggy; marshy.
What part of speech is swaly?
Swaly is an adjective.

Words near swaly in the dictionary

  1. swallowtails
  2. swallowwort
  3. swallowworts
  4. swally
  5. Swalwell
  6. swaly
  7. swam
  8. swam like a fish
  9. swam the Thames
  10. swam the Tiber
  11. swam upstream

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