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Definition of Nettly
1. prickly [adj -TLIER, -TLIEST] - See also: prickly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nettly
Literary usage of Nettly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"... an inflamed or tingling surface, where all gradations from tickle into a
closely similar but stinging or "nettly" train of sensations may be obtained. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... and car- nettly.) But to the sinner Í ains another dome ; a prouder vault
aught that Rome can boast ! And this tu all It no trust in God, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1802)
"The following little anecdote is worth quotation : " The scrap which you sent to
me, of a potm nettly wmu« - the Persian character called ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"At Abinger, John ¶Fraser req. of York-terr. Regent s-park, to Heder.Anne.Mary Mostyn,
eldest dan. of Edmund Lomax, esq. of nettly, ..."
5. Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens (1920)
"Now and again a dog nosed among a thousand smells and scented his master; the
ruff of his neck stood up like a hog's bristles and a nettly ridge prickled ..."
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