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weevilly

weevilly is the alternative form of weevily.

Meaning of weevily

Adjective

weevily (comparative more weevily, superlative most weevily)

  1. Infested with or containing weevils.
    • A considerable portion of the rice now on hand is of inferior quality, and weevily; it gives distaste in families, and few domestics make sufficiently good use of their eyes to pick it carefully.1813, The Literary Panorama, Volume 13, “State of Trade,” Lloyd’s Coffee House, June 21, p. 1037

Forms of weevilly

comparativemore weevilly
superlativemost weevilly

Origin of weevilly

From weevil + -y.

Questions about weevilly

What is weevilly the alternative form of?
Weevilly is the alternative form of weevily.

Words near weevilly in the dictionary

  1. weevers
  2. weevil
  3. weeviled
  4. weevilled
  5. weevillike
  6. weevilly
  7. weevils
  8. weevily
  9. weewee
  10. weeweed
  11. weeweeing

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