Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, divided into a number of piles set side by side.
- Having a soft, woolly coat next the skin, covered by longer hairs: said of dogs. The term is also applied to a coat that is soft when it should be harsh. Shaw, Illustrated Book of the Dog, v.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Like pile or wool.
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- adjective Like
pile orwool .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coat is termed pily or pencilled, the effect of the natural intermingling of the two types of hair.
unknown title 2009
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"You would do that?" he said shrilly, then slumped back down unhap - pily.
Stalling 2010
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Phineas did not notice Trapspringer skipping hap - pily down the palace steps until he realized he was alone.
Stalling 2010
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He hap - pily bounced and kicked with his heels as the dragon climbed into the morning sun.
Stalling 2010
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July 15, 2007 2: 33 AM pily said ... cherry cheesecake cuppies!!!
Cheesecake Cupcakes 2007
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The whole estate, divided among them, would not be sufficient to answer that purpose hap-pily, though it might be enough to abate the edge of their industry.
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As hap-pily as the last alike important four years!
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'I've found your mysterious stranger,' she reported hap pily.
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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He held the meticulously printed list up, studied it a moment, then cackled hap-pily.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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She rocketed past the Pelhams, the Lexus humming hap - pily while the wind whistled eerily through the shattered glass.
Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995
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