Definitions

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  • adjective informal Scrolling.

Etymologies

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scroll +‎ -y

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Examples

  • I remember thinking that v1. 0 iPhone's momentum "scrolly" UI model shown on the first TV ads wasn't "new" because Picsel has been doing that for years on Windows Mobile platforms.

    Techdirt 2009

  • EDIT: babymonkey says: I'm thinking you should maybe edit this post to add that your style is sort of old fashioned ornate Victorian, scrolly, keys, maps, stuff.

    Purses, the Devil yuki_onna 2010

  • I copied some of the poetry out and decorated it with scrolly drawlings and things.

    4F Day! Four Questions for Friday SarahP 2010

  • And just below them are three pieces of heavy old paper, headed in a brown scrolly handwriting: Manifest of the Ship KATEY, October 1807.

    The Other Side of Dark Sarah Smith 2010

  • I copied some of the poetry out and decorated it with scrolly drawlings and things.

    Archive 2010-05-01 SarahP 2010

  • Hey, halpful cheezpeepz, I juss let someone whom shall remain nameless, use my laptop…an now my fast scrolly fingy is nawr working!

    Velcro cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • He taught me that if you click the scrolly wheel on a link instead of left/right clicking it automatically opens the link a new tab!

    The One With The Achievements kisobel 2007

  • (Anyone know how to do that scrolly banner text thing?)

    The One With The Actual Real Life News kisobel 2007

  • And those curlicue, scrolly things along the sides?

    These Cakes Are Not Wrecks (But They Play Them on TV) Jen 2009

  • Uh, yeah, ow, blinky scrolly, but thanks for fixing the link URL - I *did* take the URL they gave for "permanent link" and it worked fine when I tested it, but I guess... something changed.

    seanan_mcguire: ROSEMARY AND RUE giveaway #7! seanan_mcguire 2009

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  • A webpage requiring so much scrolling that when you reach the bottom you can't remember what's at the top. (via NPR's Says You)

    August 16, 2009

  • Srsly?

    March 3, 2016