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wankly

wankly adjective: weak; feeble; sickly.

Adjective

wankly (comparative more wankly, superlative most wankly)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) Weak; feeble; sickly.
    • A wankly thing it is an' all, lapped up wi' binder band.1958, Yorkshire Dialect Society, Summer Bulletin (issues 5-22, page 2)

Proper noun capitalized: Wankly

Wankly

  1. A surname.
    • This folding toothbrush has recently been invented by Mr. H. A. Wankly.1895, Journal of the British Dental Association, volume 16, page 39

Forms of wankly

comparativemore wankly
superlativemost wankly

Questions about wankly

What does wankly mean?
Wankly means weak; feeble; sickly.
What part of speech is wankly?
Wankly can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near wankly in the dictionary

  1. wankish
  2. wankjob
  3. wankjobs
  4. wankle
  5. wankless
  6. wankly
  7. Wanklyn
  8. wankpanzer
  9. wankpanzers
  10. wankpuffin
  11. wankpuffins

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