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swelly (comparative more swelly, superlative most swelly)

1. (informal) Tending to bulge or swell.
   • 1914, Percival Christopher Wren, “The Sword and the Soul”, in Snake and Sword: A Novel, London; New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co. […], →OCLC, part II (The Searing of a Soul), page 67:

     He had a nasty face though, the boy considered, and looked like a bounder because he had pimples, a swelly nose, a loud voice, and a swanky manner. The boy disapproved of him wholly.

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