Definition of Saltly

1. adv. With taste of salt; in a salt manner.

Definition of Saltly

1. Adverb. In a salt way; tasting of salt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saltly

1. full of salt [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltly

saltiness
saltinesses
salting
salting in
salting out
saltings
saltire
saltires
saltirewise
saltish
saltle
saltless
saltlick
saltlicks
saltlike
saltly (current term)
saltmaker
saltmakers
saltmaking
saltmarsh
saltmarshes
saltmouth
saltmouths
saltness
saltnesses
salto
salto mortale
saltoed
saltoing
saltopus

Literary usage of Saltly

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

1. A Treatise on the External, Chemical and Physical Characters of Minerals by Robert Jameson (1817)
"Sweetish taste, common salt. 2. Sweetish astringent, natural alum and rock-butter. 3. Styptic, blue and green vitriol. 4. saltly bitter, natural Epsom salt. ..."

2. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1873)
"He lived at saltly Hall, but he also kept an ironmonger's shop at D., in the same county. The Co. thereupon insured his life against accidents, ..."

3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1874)
"... for my companions compared captains one to the other, discussing the " style of grub" of each, and broke out now and again into saltly amorous ditties ..."

4. A Treatise on the External, Chemical and Physical Characters of Minerals by Robert Jameson (1817)
"Sweetish taste, common salt. 2. Sweetish astringent, natural alum and rock-butter. 3. Styptic, blue and green vitriol. 4. saltly bitter, natural Epsom salt. ..."

5. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1873)
"He lived at saltly Hall, but he also kept an ironmonger's shop at D., in the same county. The Co. thereupon insured his life against accidents, ..."

6. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1874)
"... for my companions compared captains one to the other, discussing the " style of grub" of each, and broke out now and again into saltly amorous ditties ..."

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