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thistly

thistly adjective: covered in thistles.

Adjective

thistly (comparative thistlier or more thistly, superlative thistliest or most thistly)

  1. Covered in thistles.
    • a thistly lawn
  2. Resembling a thistle.
    • a thistly weed

Forms of thistly

comparativethistlier
comparativemore thistly
superlativethistliest
superlativemost thistly

Origin of thistly

From thistle + -y.

Questions about thistly

What does thistly mean?
Thistly means covered in thistles.
What part of speech is thistly?
Thistly is an adjective.

Words near thistly in the dictionary

  1. thistlewarp
  2. thistlewarps
  3. thistlier
  4. thistliest
  5. thistlish
  6. thistly
  7. thiswise
  8. thither
  9. thither-ward
  10. thithermost
  11. thitherside

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