Fingernaily

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of, related to, or having the color of fingernails informal, rare

    ""Without polish on our fingernails are the same colour" "as the background of the Paula Green issue of Poetry NZ," "not the greyed down claret of her eyes and mouth" "but the fingernaily grey-pink of her ears.""

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""Without polish on our fingernails are the same colour" "as the background of the Paula Green issue of Poetry NZ," "not the greyed down claret of her eyes and mouth" "but the fingernaily grey-pink of her ears.""

Etymology

From fingernail + -y.

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