Trigly

adv, noun, slang

adv, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Triethylene glycol dichloride. informal, uncountable

    "The solubility of plutonium(IV) in trigly was found to be 70 mg/ml."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a trig manner; neatly; smartly.

    "Ah! there in deepest solitude Sometimes I have wild nature wooed, When nought of living thing was nigh Except the Water-wag-tail shy, By nature's hand so trigly dight In speckled feathers, black and white, Which flew before from stone to stone, And hopped and bobbed thereupon;"

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"The solubility of plutonium(IV) in trigly was found to be 70 mg/ml."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of tri- + glycol.

Etymology 2

From trig + -ly.

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