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brinily

adv

Etymology

From briny + -ly.

  1. derived from *mriHnós✻
  2. derived from *bʰreyH-✻ — “to cut, maim”
  3. inherited from *brīnǭ✻ — “salt water, brine”
  4. inherited from *brīnā✻
  5. inherited from brīne
  6. inherited from brine
  7. suffixed as briny — “brine + y”
  8. suffixed as brinily — “briny + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a briny or salty way.

    • O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent, / Some as with smiles, / Some as with slow-born tears that brinily trundled / Over the wrecked Cheeks that were fair in their flush-time, ash now with anguish.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA