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Definition of Jungly

1. Adjective. Overgrown with tropical vegetation.

Definition of Jungly

1. a. Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle.

Definition of Jungly

1. Adjective. Overgrown with jungle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jungly

1. resembling a jungle [adj -GLIER, -GLIEST] - See also: jungle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jungly

Literary usage of Jungly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph of the Genus Bos: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and by George Vasey (1857)
"The following account of the jungly Gau (which is the only one that has been published), is a translation from the splendid folio work of Messrs. ..."

2. The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge: A Companion by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1848)
"sionally mountainous and jungly, and diversified with high hills ; but for the greater part open and capable of being made very fruitful. ..."

3. Supplementary Papers by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"still bad, being very uneven and jungly. Halted eight minutes. Elevation 1900 feet. Brahmaputra running from SSE At 2 pm, continuing our journey in a ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"Beasts of burden stop here in the hot season. Nothing else can be obtained in the place excepting grass, fuel, and water. It has a jungly appearance about ..."

5. Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of by Richard Anthony Proctor (1904)
"In closely- wooded or jungly tracts, all kinds of survey operations are ... Owing to the extremely unhealthy, jungly, and rugged nature of the ground in ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"Beasts of burden stop here in the hot season. Nothing else can be obtained in the place excepting grass, fuel, .and water. It has a jungly appearance about ..."

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