rickly
/ˈrɪkli/ /ˈrɪk(ə)li/(also ricklie, rickley) Scottish and English regional (northern )
adjective
Rickety, ramshackle, tottering.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Henry Ellis (1777–1869), librarian. From rickle + -y. The semantic development may perhaps have been influenced by association with rickety. Perhaps compare also rickle.
- explicit
- explicitly
- explicit memory
- explicitness
- explode
- exploder
- exploding offer
- exploit
- exploitable
- exploitation
- exploitative
- exploiter
- exploitive
- exploration
- explorational
- explorative
- Exploratorium
- exploratory
- explore
- explorer
- explosion
- explosive
- explosive belt
- explosive bolt
- explosive cyclogenesis