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trundly

trundly adjective: having a trundling motion or sound.

Adjective

trundly (comparative more trundly, superlative most trundly)

  1. (informal) Having a trundling motion or sound.
    • There's a trundly sound as Native Companion's car gets locked down at the platform. Jiggles of movement in the cage, and the door's latch slowly turns.1997, David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Forms of trundly

comparativemore trundly
superlativemost trundly

Origin of trundly

From trundle + -y.

Questions about trundly

What does trundly mean?
Trundly means having a trundling motion or sound.
What part of speech is trundly?
Trundly is an adjective.

Words near trundly in the dictionary

  1. trundletail
  2. trundletails
  3. trundling
  4. trundling along
  5. trundlings
  6. trundly
  7. Trungley Hall
  8. trunion
  9. trunions
  10. trunk
  11. trunk breeches

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