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tinsely

tinsely is the alternative form of tinselly.

Meaning of tinselly

Adjective

tinselly (comparative more tinselly, superlative most tinselly)

  1. Resembling or adorned with tinsel.
    • Christmas decorations clung to the light poles lining the street — green, red, and white tinselly creations: snowmen, Santas, reindeer, candy canes...2007, Scott Smith, A Simple Plan
  2. (figuratively) Gaudy, superficial; offering attraction without depth.
    • She was a light-skinned girl of frail and tinselly beauty […]1978, Edward Lewis Wallant, The Pawnbroker

Forms of tinsely

comparativemore tinsely
superlativemost tinsely

Questions about tinsely

What is tinsely the alternative form of?
Tinsely is the alternative form of tinselly.

Words near tinsely in the dictionary

  1. tinselry
  2. tinsels
  3. tinseltown
  4. tinseltowns
  5. tinselwork
  6. tinsely
  7. tinsful
  8. tinskin
  9. tinskins
  10. Tinsley
  11. Tinsley Green

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tinsely (page history and authors); tinselly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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