brinily

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adverb

In a briny or salty way.

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Meanings

adverbbrinily (comparative more brinily, superlative most brinily)

comparative more brinily · superlative most brinily

  1. In a briny or salty way.

    O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent, / Some as with smiles, / Some as with slow-born tears that brinily trundled / Over the wrecked Cheeks that were fair in their flush-time, ash now with anguish.

    1914, Thomas Hardy, In Front of the Landscape

Origin

From briny + -ly.

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APA

brinily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinily

MLA

“brinily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brinily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brinily.

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