topply

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adjective

Tending to topple; unstable and ready to overturn.

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Meanings

adjectivetopply (comparative more topply, superlative most topply)

comparative more topply · superlative most topply

  1. rareTending to topple; unstable and ready to overturn.

    […] would drop the body of a fair-sized woman into a topply canoe.

    1935, Mavis Doriel Hay, Death on the Cherwell
    1 more example

    The people who were surprised in 1948 are now carefully rebuilding, hope by hope, the same topply structure which fell on them in 1948.

    1951, The American Magazine, volume 152, page 29

Origin

From topple + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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