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Trickly vs Prickly - What's the difference?

trickly | prickly |

As an adverb trickly

is pouring in trickles.

As an adjective prickly is

covered with sharp points.

trickly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Pouring in trickles.
  • * Rudyard Kipling
    • A cool schloopy-sloshy mud-cap all trickly behind his ears.

    prickly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered with sharp points.
    • Prickly pear is a cactus, you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
  • Easily irritated.
    • He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
  • difficult, hairy, complicated

    • Synonyms

    * (covered with sharp points) thorny, spiny

    Derived terms

    * prickly comfrey * prickly glasswort * prickly heat * prickly saltwort * prickly sculpin * prickly shield fern * prickly tang