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yelly

yelly adjective: tending to yell.

Adjective

yelly (comparative yellier, superlative yelliest)

  1. (informal) Tending to yell.
    • If someone talks to you in a way that makes sense and explains why you shouldn't take HIS stuff, you won't. If they get all yelly and huffy and accusatory, though, well, they're just mean people.2001 April 29, Sea Wasp, “Portability of concepts”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

Forms of yelly

comparativeyellier
superlativeyelliest

Origin of yelly

From yell + -y.

Questions about yelly

What does yelly mean?
Yelly means tending to yell.
What part of speech is yelly?
Yelly is an adjective.

Words near yelly in the dictionary

  1. yells at the cloud
  2. yells at the clouds
  3. yells out
  4. yells silently
  5. Yellville
  6. yelly
  7. yelm
  8. yelman
  9. yelmed
  10. yelmer
  11. yelmers

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