adjective
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congealed into jelly, esp by cooling
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containing, set in, or coated with jelly
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Etymology
Origin of jellied
Example Sentences
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There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
He imagines—and 4- to 7-year-olds see him do it—plucking a length of sunshine off the wall and using what appear to be jellied cubes of colored light to make the beams of his own lighthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Datasembly measured prices for russet potatoes, roasted turkey gravy, eight buttermilk biscuits, cut green beans, jellied cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie mix, frozen pastry pie shells, whipped topping and sweet corn.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Among other things, the month-long event featured a pearly burka, jellied eels and a debate about who really likes pie and mash.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
Luckily, there were also a lot of jellied preserves.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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