trigly
- a word derived from trig.
Example Sentences
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He always seemed so trigly dressed, so well put together.
From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore
He was a little man, trigly built, with a bullet head under a closely cropped thatch of white.
From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Footner, Hulbert
Her petticoats were very short, her feet trigly shod, and while unmarried she wore a most picturesque headdress of white muslin or linen, set a little backward over her always luxuriant hair.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Thora laughed, stood straight up, and drew her dress taut, and put forward two small feet, trigly protected by high-laced boots.
From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Ramsay, II, 526, uses the adv. trigly in the sense of "proudly." 69Twist, sb. twig, branch.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
