haily en · ADJ
Etymology
From hail + -y (adjectival suffix).
Meanings
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Containing hail; involving hail falling.
[T]he rolling clouds; / From whose dark womb a rattling tempest pours, / Which the cold north congeals to haily showers.
c. 1699 – 1703, Alexander Pope, “The First Book of Statius His Thebais”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most haily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more haily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
eo hajla (containing hail; involving hail falling) · eo hajlaj (containing hail; involving hail falling)