haily

H4A1I1L1Y4

adjective

Containing hail; involving hail falling.

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Meanings

adjectivehaily (comparative more haily, superlative most haily)

comparative more haily · superlative most haily

  1. Containing hail; involving hail falling.

    [T]he rolling clouds; / From whose dark womb a rattling tempest pours, / Which the cold north congeals to haily showers.

    c. 1699 – 1703, Alexander Pope, “The First Book of Statius His Thebais”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC

Origin

From hail + -y (adjectival suffix).

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Translations

Esperanto hajla, hajlaj
  • hajlacontaining hail; involving hail falling
  • hajlajcontaining hail; involving hail falling

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hylia
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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