Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having a tinkling sound.

    The tinkly piano-playing soon got on my nerves.

More definitions
  • like the short high ringing sound of a small bell

Origin

From tinkle + -y.

From tinkle + -y.

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Forms

tinklier, tinkliest
Comparativetinklier Lesson
Superlativetinkliest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • like the short high ringing sound of a small bell:tinkling

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtinkle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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