vealy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɪə.li/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English veal Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English vealy From veal + -y.
Meanings
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Resembling veal.
This meat had a vealy taste to it, didn't it?
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Immature or naive.
I hope you do not really / think I am so awful veally / as not to see how famously you've played your little part.
1881, Wilson Vance & John Philip Sousa, The Smugglers, Philadelphia: W. F. Shaw, pages 65–66:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| veally | alternative | lexicographic | |
| vealier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| vealiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |