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tangly

tangly adjective: entangled; intricate.

Adjective

tangly (comparative tanglier, superlative tangliest)

  1. Entangled; intricate.
  2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed.

Forms of tangly

comparativetanglier
superlativetangliest

Origin of tangly

From tangle + -y.

Questions about tangly

What does tangly mean?
Tangly means entangled; intricate.
What part of speech is tangly?
Tangly is an adjective.

Words near tangly in the dictionary

  1. tangliest
  2. tangling
  3. tanglingly
  4. tanglings
  5. Tanglish
  6. tangly
  7. Tangmere
  8. Tangney
  9. Tangneys
  10. tango
  11. tango uniform

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