flannellyadj.
/ˈflanl̩i/, U.S. /ˈflænəli/ Characteristic or of the nature of flannel; flannel-like. Also figurative. (In quot. 1842 quasi-adv.)
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flannelly1842
1842 J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. (1862) II. 148 It [the wool] works more flannelly.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 174/1 The dreary hydropathy and flanelly voices of the swathed and sinewless.
1889 H. A. Dodds Rep. Paris Exhib. 5 The sooty ‘flannelly’ appearance of the manipulation in some of the exhibits.
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