sealy

See also: Sealy

English

Etymology

From seal +‎ -y.

Adjective

sealy (comparative more sealy, superlative most sealy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a seal (the animal).
    • 1893 February, Arthur Morrison, “Zig-Zags at the Zoo: VIII. Zig-Zag Phocine”, in George Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume V, number 26, London: George Newnes, Ltd., […], →OCLC, page 130:
      If you reply that, on the contrary, the seal's legs, such as they are, are very characteristic, he takes refuge in the atrocious admission, delivered with a French accent, that they are certainly very sealy legs.
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