shelly

adjectivecommon in dialogue

//ˈʃɛli//

Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

adjective

1
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
After all, we live today in an unusual world: sea level is low, the continents are dispersed, ice occupies the poles, and the shelly fauna of the oceans is composed largely of aragonite rather than calcite.
the shelly shore
2
Resembling, or comprising, the shell of a mollusc
Shrined are your offspring in a chrystal cradle, / Brighter than Helen's ere she yet had burst / Her shelly prison.
It is seen commonly in connection with flat-foot, and where the horn of the wall is thin and shelly.
3
Abounding with shells.
a shelly beach
the snail, whose tender horns being hit Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.

Etymology

From shell + -y.

Forms

comparative: shellier
superlative: shelliest

Shell · A surname.Shelley · Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.Shells · A surname.

shelly · Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures

Shelly · A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.shelter · Somewhere one can find protection. A place where a person or…sheltered · Protected, as from wind or weather.

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