a. [f. EEL + -Y.] Eel-like.
† a. Resembling the flesh of an eel. b. Resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 124. A Conger … is … of a moist, soft, and Eely Substance.
1862. Calverley, Verses & Tr., 16. I … See you sit with that composure On the eeliest of hacks.
1871. Cassell’s Mag., 22 July, 336/1. We have the pleasure of seeing the snaky, eely monster whisking about in the water.
