Meaning

2 senses

  1. (dialectal)Soft; smooth; velvety

  2. (informal)Tending to feel things by physically touching them.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom is not very touchy-feely.

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  2. He's very touchy feely.

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  3. Mary is touchy-feely.

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  4. Tom is very touchy-feely.

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Origin

From feal + -y. From feel + -y.

From feal + -y.

From feel + -y.

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Forms

more feely/feelier, most feely/feeliest
Comparativemore feely / feelier Lesson
Superlativemost feely / feeliest Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfeeliefeely boxtouchy-feely

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
feelA1feelingA1feignC2feijoadafeint
feely — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto