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BRICKLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brickly mean?
• BRICKLY (adjective)
The adjective BRICKLY has 1 sense:
1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
Familiarity information: BRICKLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
Synonyms:
Context example:
'brickle' and 'brickly' are dialectal
Similar:
breakable (capable of being broken or damaged)
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