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wormly en · ADJ

Etymology

From worm + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a worm; wormlike.
    • “I'm the fastest worm there is,” says Slightly Soiled. “I'll win!” Humble Worm gets tangled in a labyrinth of roots. Slightly Soiled surfaces and off the young worm shoots. Yet wormly pride, the saying goes, comes before a rise: […] 2014, Celia Warren, Don't Poke a Worm till it Wiggles:

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more wormly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most wormly Degree=Sup lexicographic