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spilly en · ADJ

Etymology

From spill + -y.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) Prone to spilling.
    • Then Jeffry, with heavy-handed humor which ill became him, complained within her hearing that most of his oyster stew, spilly food which he had intentionally ordered, had poured over into his coffee. 1980, Fannie Hurst, Anatomy of me:
    • [He was] very windy, and he was very spilly right from the beginning. Just really spilly after every feed, numerous clothing changes for him and for me. 2007, Mavis Kirkham, Exploring the dirty side of women's health:

Forms

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most spilly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more spilly Degree=Cmp lexicographic