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uncly

uncly is the alternative form of uncley.

Meaning of uncley

Adjective

uncley (comparative more uncley, superlative most uncley)

  1. Characteristic of an uncle; avuncular
    • Those events were memorable but they were memories only, misted and vague as the uncley sort of God one heard stories about in Sunday School.1946, Cyril Connolly, Horizon, volumes 13-14, page 42

Forms of uncly

pluralunclies

Origin of uncly

From uncle + -y (diminutive suffix).

Questions about uncly

What is uncly the alternative form of?
Uncly is the alternative form of uncley.

Words near uncly in the dictionary

  1. unclutter
  2. uncluttered
  3. unclutteredness
  4. uncluttering
  5. unclutters
  6. uncly
  7. UNCMAC
  8. unco
  9. unco-operative
  10. unco-ordinated
  11. uncoach

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncly (page history and authors); uncley (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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