trickly

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adjective

Pouring in trickles.

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Meanings

adjectivetrickly (comparative more trickly, superlative most trickly)

comparative more trickly · superlative most trickly

  1. Pouring in trickles.

    A cool schloopy-sloshy mud-cap all trickly behind his ears.

    1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child

Origin

From trickle + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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