Meaning of quilly | Babel Free
ˈkwɪliDefinitions
- Pertaining to or resembling a quill.
- With quills; quilled.
Equivalents
Français
Quilly
Examples
“The fabrick of the wing, as it appears through a moderately magnifying Microscope, seems to be a body consisting of two parts […]; the one is a quilly or finny substance, consisting of several long, slender and variously bended quills or wires, something resembling the veins of leaves […].”
“[…] sometimes you may even run⟳ across a quilly ball lying right on top of the ledge, or catch⟳ one of the numerous porcupine family picking its way leisurely among the rocks.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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