eel
noun
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
eely
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a word derived from
eel.
Example Sentences
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The film even gives us a mustache origin story — Poirot’s eely facial hair is a trademark — and a poignant romantic past.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Indeed, he’d been one-upped by his eely opponent, Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, who’d slipped from his opponent’s grasp repeatedly, drawing the first seven games of the 12-game match from some dubious positions.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2016
For nearly 20 years the most agile, deft and eely politician in Southeast Asia's luxuriant political quagmire had been Thailand's steel-willed, soft-voiced Dictator Pibulsonggram.
From Time Magazine Archive
Named for the eels abounding in its waters, eely Ely is a market town of only 8,000-odd inhabitants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strikes me you’ve got hold of one of them big eely mud-fish by the way he hugs the bottom.”
From Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco by W. Burton
