squally
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squally¹
- /ˈskwɔːli/
Rhymes with -ɔːli
Where it comes from
From squall + -y; from 1719.
adjective squallier · more squally · squalliest · most squally
- Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty. On the eighth of February the winds grew ſtrong and ſqually, accompanied with rain and a north-weſt ſwell;[…].
- Producing or characteristic of loud wails. Something whimpered in the room—high and squally.
Similar: squallish
squally²
- /ˈskwɔːli/
Rhymes with -ɔːli
Where it comes from
Probably related to scall + -y.
adjective squallier · more squally · squalliest · most squally
- Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage. Red bird eyne (Primula veris flore rubro), and white bird eyne (albo), p. 784 , grow very plentifully in moist and squally grounds in the north parts of England, as in Harwood neere to Blackburn in Lancashire, and ten miles from Preston in Aundernesse, also at Crosby Rauenswaith, and Crag-close in W
- Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty. It is enacted, That if at any time after the first day of May, any cloth or kerſie, through the default or negligence of the carders, spinners or weavers, or any of them, shall or do prove pursy, cockly, bandy, squally or rowy by warp or woof, […]
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Similar: squallish
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