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spilly

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English

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Etymology

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From spill +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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spilly (comparative more spilly, superlative most spilly)

  1. (colloquial) Prone to spilling.
    • 1980, Fannie Hurst, Anatomy of me:
      Then Jeffry, with heavy-handed humor which ill became him, complained within her hearing that most of his oyster stew, spilly food which he had intentionally ordered, had poured over into his coffee.
    • 2007, Mavis Kirkham, Exploring the dirty side of women's health:
      [He was] very windy, and he was very spilly right from the beginning. Just really spilly after every feed, numerous clothing changes for him and for me.