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  • adjective superlative form of nelly: most nelly.

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Examples

  • When I'm in my tomboy mood, watch out, 'cause I play with everybody, even the nelliest fags.

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994

  • When I'm in my tomboy mood, watch out, 'cause I play with everybody, even the nelliest fags.

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berendt, John 1994

  • On his very first cruise, Williams knew that this was the job for him when he witnessed an unlikely pairing: a six-foot-three West Hollywood blond stud approached a dentist from Mexico City “the nelliest human I’d ever seen in my life” and whisked him off to the dance floor.

    A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997

  • On his very first cruise, Williams knew that this was the job for him when he witnessed an unlikely pairing: a six-foot-three West Hollywood blond stud approached a dentist from Mexico City “the nelliest human I’d ever seen in my life” and whisked him off to the dance floor.

    A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997

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