Definition of Startly

1. apt to start [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Startly

startings
startish
startle
startle reaction
startle reflex
startle response
startled
startlement
startlements
startler
startlers
startles
startling
startlingly
startlish
startly (current term)
starts
starts up
startsy
startup
startupper
startups
starvation
starvation acidosis
starvations
starve
starved
starved aster
starvedly
starveling

Literary usage of Startly

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

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"startly, adj. Liable to startle. START-UP, s. An upstart. Upon my life, liia marriage with that start-up, That snake this good queen corker'd in her bosom ..."

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