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welly.

A Wellington boot.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɛli/
  1. A Wellington boot.

    countable · informal
  2. Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor.

    informal · uncountable
  3. Force or effort.

    informal · uncountable
    Come on! Put some welly into it!
Where this word comes from

Clipping of Wellington boot + -y.

adv
  1. Almost; nearly.

    Ireland · UK · dialectal · not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From welne, a dialectal variant of well-nigh.

adv
  1. Very.

    not-comparable
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