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Eeliest vs Reliest - What's the difference?

eeliest | reliest |

As an adjective eeliest

is superlative of eely.

As a verb reliest is

archaic second-person singular of rely.

eeliest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (eely)

    • eely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery
  • * {{quote-book, year=1850, author=George Manville Fenn, title=Menhardoc, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The great ugly sharky fish was hooked forward by Josh and placed in a great basket, where it lay writhing its eely tail, and flapping its wing-like fins as the boat slowly progressed, and bait after bait was replaced, many being untouched, the thornback, skate, or ray being the only fish taken. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=George Manville Fenn, title=The Ocean Cat's Paw, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That was a great long eely thing; but Joe Cross here says this was more like a great turtle, with flippers and a long neck, and a head like a snake." }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2004, date=August 13, author=Neil Tesser, title=Lou Donaldson Quartet with Dr. Lonnie Smith, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Veteran alto saxist Lou Donaldson faces the audience with a raised eyebrow and a toothy grin, and his horn's high-pitched, eely timbre--which still has plenty of the grease that made him a soul-jazz hero in the 60s and 70s--complements his squeaky voice. }}

    reliest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (rely)

    • rely

    English

    Verb

  • To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 26 2012, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Norway 0-1 England , passage=Hodgson also has Wayne Rooney to call on once he has served a two-match suspension at the start of the tournament - and it is abundantly clear England will rely as heavily as ever on his ability to shape the outcome of important games.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme

    Derived terms

    * rely on * rely upon * reliable * reliance

    Anagrams

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