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treely

treely adjective: of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a tree or trees; arboreal.

Adjective

treely (comparative more treely, superlative most treely)

  1. (nonstandard) Of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a tree or trees; arboreal.
    • She also believes that this demon is so competent at deceiving us that we are deceived when and only when we firmly believe that we are appeared to in a treely sort of way.1990, Michael D. Beaty, Alvin Plantinga, Christian theism and the problems of philosophy
    • Suppose I believe that I do not see a tree, or I believe that the relevant sensory event, the seeing of a treely kind, is not taking place.2000, Bruce Marshall, Trinity and Truth

Forms of treely

comparativemore treely
superlativemost treely

Origin of treely

From tree + -ly. Compare treelike.

Questions about treely

What does treely mean?
Treely means of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a tree or trees; arboreal.
What part of speech is treely?
Treely is an adjective.

Words near treely in the dictionary

  1. treelings
  2. treelist
  3. treelists
  4. treelogies
  5. treelogy
  6. treely
  7. treemageddon
  8. treemageddons
  9. treemaker
  10. treemakers
  11. treemaking

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