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firry

[ fur-ee ]
/ ˈfɜr i /
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adjective, fir·ri·er, fir·ri·est.
of or relating to the fir.
made of fir.
abounding infirs.
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Origin of firry

First recorded in 1825–35; fir + -y1

Words nearby firry

firmware, firn, firnification, firn line, Firozabad, firry, first, first aid, First Amendment, first and foremost, first and last
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How to use firry in a sentence

  • They went over to Orchard Slope by the short cut across the brook and up the firry hill grove.

    Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars.

    Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • Anne ran down the clover slope like a deer, and disappeared in the firry shadows of the Haunted Wood.

    Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • Finally one day he met her, coming up a path which led to a spring down in a firry hollow.

    Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for firry

firry
/ (ˈfɜːrɪ) /
adjective
of, relating to, or made from fir trees
abounding in or dominated by firs
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