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In some senses, crocodiley is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
big
VERB + CROCODILEY
become
CROCODILEY + NOUN
d
PREP.
since
ADV.
suddenly
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a crocodile.
“Incongruous, but there you are,” Finlay added, giving Norma one of his crocodile smiles which had become even more crocodiley since he’d acquired an eye patch.
You, as Chuck, have to fight your way through myriad levels of baddies – dinosaurs, spiders and weird kind of little red… erm… squidgy things and other small units that suddenly become big crocodiley units.
Of a body of water: inhabited by or typical of crocodiles.
I went in for this remembering that I had been informed that there were very nasty crocodiles on the island, and that I had got to get past the mouth of that largest river—as crocodiley-looking a spot as you could wish for, if you had a gun.
We had to swim three separate channels of the river, each of considerable depth, but so narrow that a couple of strokes landed us on the other side; but they looked so “crocodiley”!
“Incongruous, but there you are,” Finlay added, giving Norma one of his crocodile smiles which had become even more crocodiley since he’d acquired an eye patch.
WiktionaryYou, as Chuck, have to fight your way through myriad levels of baddies – dinosaurs, spiders and weird kind of little red… erm… squidgy things and other small units that suddenly become big crocodiley
WiktionaryHis crocodiley mouth seemed to smile at her, and one of the red eyes winked as if he knew what she was thinking. […] Sidri turned his glowing red eyes towards her and started to nod his head, but his
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In some senses, crocodiley is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.