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tunnelly

tunnelly adjective: resembling or characterized by tunnels.

Adjective

tunnelly (comparative more tunnelly, superlative most tunnelly)

  1. Resembling or characterized by tunnels.
    • This will be written under difficulties which you know — shaky trains, tunnelly ways, crowded carriages...1922, Maud Monahan, Life and letters of Janet Erskine Stuart
    • The snores of Mr. Malloy's tenants in the pipes have a deep tunnelly quality.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
    Synonyms:
    tunnellike

Synonyms of tunnelly

Forms of tunnelly

comparativemore tunnelly
superlativemost tunnelly

Origin of tunnelly

From tunnel + -y.

Questions about tunnelly

What does tunnelly mean?
Tunnelly means resembling or characterized by tunnels.
What part of speech is tunnelly?
Tunnelly is an adjective.

Words near tunnelly in the dictionary

  1. tunnelling times
  2. tunnellings
  3. tunnellist
  4. tunnellists
  5. Tunnells
  6. tunnelly
  7. tunnels
  8. tunnels of love
  9. tunnelway
  10. tunnelways
  11. Tunney

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