shelly

¹

[shel-ee]

adjective

shellier, shelliest 

1. abounding in shells.

   a shelly surf.

2. consisting of a shell or shells.

3. like a shell or shells.

Shelly

²

[shel-ee]

noun

1. a male or female given name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shelly¹

First recorded in 1545–55; shell + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“Canadian retail sales continue a holding pattern as support from lower interest rates faces headwinds from trade uncertainty,” said Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.

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Austin and Shelly Brewer routinely call in the morning, midday and evening, sometimes adding oldest daughter Sasha, a freshman defender for the University of Miami women’s soccer team, to FaceTime chats.

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“I asked her once who her favorite player was, who did she want to be like,” Shelly Brewer said, “and I’ll never forget this — we laugh about it all the time — she said, ‘I don’t want to be like anyone; I want to be like me.’

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Reconstruction is likely to be a slow, painstaking process, one that Shelly Culbertson calls "incremental urbanism".

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The last to arrive was Shelly, the sea otter, who wriggled up the muddy riverbank.

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