Definition of Nettly

1. Adjective. Of, resembling, or overgrown with nettles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nettly

1. prickly [adj -TLIER, -TLIEST] - See also: prickly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nettly

nettle family
nettle rash
nettle tree
nettlebird
nettled
nettleleaf goosefoot
nettlelike
nettler
nettlers
nettles
nettlier
nettliest
nettling
nettling hairs
nettly (current term)
netts
netty
network
network-subsystem
network architecture
network army
network card
network effect
network effects
network externalities
network externality
network interface card
network interface cards
network neutrality

Literary usage of Nettly

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

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"... an inflamed or tingling surface, where all gradations from tickle into a closely similar but stinging or "nettly" train of sensations may be obtained. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... and car- nettly.) But to the sinner Í ains another dome ; a prouder vault aught that Rome can boast ! And this tu all It no trust in God, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"The following little anecdote is worth quotation : " The scrap which you sent to me, of a potm nettly wmu« - the Persian character called ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"At Abinger, John ¶Fraser req. of York-terr. Regent s-park, to Heder.Anne.Mary Mostyn, eldest dan. of Edmund Lomax, esq. of nettly, ..."

5. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens (1920)
"Now and again a dog nosed among a thousand smells and scented his master; the ruff of his neck stood up like a hog's bristles and a nettly ridge prickled ..."

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