metally

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adjective

metallic

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Meanings

adjectivemetally (comparative more metally, superlative most metally)

comparative more metally · superlative most metally

  1. metallic

    Yet in days long past, but soon, we hope, to return, these quarters had a metally ring and were standard silver 900-1000th fine.

    1864, Friends' Intelligencer, volume 20, page 589
  2. Resembling metal music.

Origin

From metal + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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