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Shells vs Shelly - What's the difference?

shells | shelly |

As a noun shells

is plural of lang=en.

As a verb shells

is third-person singular of shell.

As a proper noun Shelly is

{{surname|from=Old English}}, variant of Shelley.

As an adjective shelly is

composed of the shells of dead marine creatures.

shells

English

Noun

(head)
    • She sells sea shells''' by the sea shore, but the '''shells''' she sells aren't sea '''shells , I'm sure.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shell)
    • She shells six sea shells.

    shelly

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , variant of Shelley.
  • transferred from the surname, mostly of persons born before 1930.
  • used since 1930s, variant of Shelley.