flannelly

[flan-l-ee]

adjective

1. made of or resembling flannel.

2. thick or blurred, as speech.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flannelly¹

First recorded in 1830–40; flannel + -y ¹

Example Sentences

PG&E’s bill actually dropped from an average of $226.05 the previous month; reasons included recovery costs ending for certain past wildfires, according to Mary Flannelly, policy and communications advisor for the California Public Utilities Commission’s independent Public Advocates Office.

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Callum Flannelly is a painfully shy undertaker in Ireland who will be disinherited if he doesn’t marry by the time he’s 35.

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The fee doesn’t represent new money for the utilities, said Mary Flannelly, policy and communications advisor for the CPUC’s independent Public Advocates Office.

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“These include customers that live in hotter climate zones that use electricity for air conditioning, households with many residents and electric car owners,” Flannelly said.

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If you’re a low energy user, your flat fee might add more to your bill than you’ll save from the lower usage rates, Flannelly said.

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