"diesely" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more diesely [comparative], most diesely [superlative]
Etymology: diesel + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|diesel|y}} diesel + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} diesely (comparative more diesely, superlative most diesely)
  1. Characteristic of dieseling.
    Sense id: en-diesely-en-adj---jhq-7X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 86 14
  2. Pertaining to, typical of, or filled with diesel fuel.
    Sense id: en-diesely-en-adj-vT7ij1UJ

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          "ref": "2004, Sonny Brewer, Stories from the Blue Moon Café III, page 16",
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