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Shelly

//ˈʃɛli// adj, name

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Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 3
    Abounding with shells.

    "a shelly beach"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly pre-1930 usage.
  3. 3
    A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, variant of Shelley.

Etymology

From shell + -y.

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