fingernaily en · ADJ
Etymology
From fingernail + -y.
Meanings
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(informal, rare) of, related to, or having the color of fingernails
"Without polish on our fingernails are the same colour" "as the background of the Paula Green issue of Poetry NZ," "not the greyed down claret of her eyes and mouth" "but the fingernaily grey-pink of her ears."
2000, Anna Jackson, The Long Road to Teatime: Poems by Anna Jackson:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most fingernaily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more fingernaily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |