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topply

topply adjective: tending to topple; unstable and ready to overturn.

Adjective

topply (comparative more topply, superlative most topply)

  1. (rare) Tending to topple; unstable and ready to overturn.
    • […] would drop the body of a fair-sized woman into a topply canoe.1935, Mavis Doriel Hay, Death on the Cherwell
    • The people who were surprised in 1948 are now carefully rebuilding, hope by hope, the same topply structure which fell on them in 1948.1951, The American Magazine, volume 152, page 29

Forms of topply

comparativemore topply
superlativemost topply

Origin of topply

From topple + -y.

Questions about topply

What does topply mean?
Topply means tending to topple; unstable and ready to overturn.
What part of speech is topply?
Topply is an adjective.

Words near topply in the dictionary

  1. topples over
  2. topplesome
  3. toppling
  4. toppling over
  5. topplings
  6. topply
  7. toppo
  8. toppoki
  9. toppokis
  10. toppy
  11. toppyup

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