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flaily

adj

Etymology

From flail + -y.

  1. derived from *bʰlag-✻
  2. derived from flagellum — “winnowing tool, thresher”
  3. derived from *-ilaz✻
  4. derived from *pleh₂k-✻ — “to beat, hit, strike; weep”
  5. derived from *flag-✻
  6. derived from *flagilaz✻ — “whip”
  7. inherited from *flagil✻
  8. inherited from fligel
  9. inherited from flayle
  10. suffixed as flaily — “flail + y”

Definitions

  1. Acting like a flail

    Acting like a flail; flailing.

    • At once all furrows plow, the strugling streams O're all the main gape wide, boile foamie streams, With flaly-oares and slicing foredecks fierce, Which through the bustling billows proudly pierce.
    • “I hardly think someone as flaily as you can complain about anything.” “Flaily? That's not even a word,” I huffed, enjoying his arms around me more than I wanted to admit. “Flaily, as in, one who flails. […] ”

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA