vowelly en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From vowel + -y.
Meanings
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Characteristic of, or containing, vowels.
Syl was really big into Third World lit, Stella Jr. said, mentioning a couple of postcolonial writers from the Indian subcontinent with whom I was familiar only as vowelly names on book spines.
2008, Jonathan Miles, Dear American Airlines, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most vowelly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more vowelly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |