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▪ I. tangly, a.1|ˈtæŋglɪ|
[f. tangle n.1 + -y.]
Strewn with, full of, or consisting of tangle.
1762–9Falconer Shipwr. iii. 777 Helpless, on the tangly beach he lay. a1851Moir Old Seaport iii, Far beneath the surf upheaved The sea-weed's tangly arms.
▪ II. ˈtangly, a.2
[f. tangle n.2 + -y.]
Abounding in tangles; tangled.
1813J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 655 A tangly flat, overrun with low shrubs. 1887C. L. Pirkis Dateless Bargain I. ii. 44 More limp and tangly than a skein of silk. 1899Westm. Gaz. 12 June 1/3 Plunge in the jungle's tangly growth.
▪ III. ˈtangly, a.3 Sc. and north. dial.
[f. tangle n.3 + -y.]
Long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby: = tangle a.
1812P. Forbes Poems 57 (E.D.D.) Tanglie taperin' tails. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Tangling or Tangly, untidy in dress, ragged or hanging in shreds. ‘A lang tangly lass’, having the well-known meaning of ‘long and lazy’. 1904E. Dial. Dict. s.v., (N. Yks.) He's a great tangly lad. |