Meaning

4 senses

  1. Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.

    characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain

  2. Producing or characteristic of loud wails.

  3. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.

  4. (UK, obsolete)Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.

Origin

From squall + -y; from 1719. Probably related to scall + -y.

From squall + -y; from 1719.

Probably related to scall + -y.

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Forms

squallier/more squally, squalliest/most squally
Comparativesquallier / more squally Lesson
Superlativesqualliest / most squally Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
squallish
Close in meaning
  • characterized by short periods of noisy commotion:squalling

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsquall
Derivedsqualliness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squadronsquallsquanderC1squareA2
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