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tunnelly en · ADJ

Etymology

From tunnel + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characterized by tunnels.
   • It was dead, and not that tunnelly deadness of an open line — that would've been the sound of angels singing in heaven compared to this... 2007, Jennifer Egan, The Keep:
   • This will be written under difficulties which you know — shaky trains, tunnelly ways, crowded carriages... 1922, Maud Monahan, Life and letters of Janet Erskine Stuart:
   • The snores of Mr. Malloy's tenants in the pipes have a deep tunnelly quality. 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:

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Synonyms

tunnellike