finny

[ fin-ee ]

adjective

, fin·ni·er, fin·ni·est.

1. pertaining to or abounding in fish.
2. having fins; finned.
3. finlike.

finny

/ ˈfɪnɪ /

adjective

1. poetic.
   relating to or containing many fishes
2. having or resembling a fin or fins

Word History and Origins

Origin of finny¹

First recorded in 1580–90; fin ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"This is probably the first time there is going to be very serious engagement about what to do about the new applications," said Charles Finny, a former trade and foreign affairs diplomat for New Zealand who led the country’s negotiations for a trade agreement with Taiwan.

From Reuters

“I see Finny and Tanner typically having the meat of the lineups. Their stuff is just incredible,” Cishek said.

From Washington Post

The remote Whitsunday Islands off the Australian coast were rocked in October 2018 by a shocking series of shark attacks, but what made the finny assault even more noteworthy was that every attack took place in the same relatively tiny patch of ocean.

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, THC does lower damaging pressure inside the eye, but as Drs. Finny T. John and Jean R. Hausheer, ophthalmologists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, wrote, “to achieve therapeutic levels of marijuana in the bloodstream to treat glaucoma, an individual would need to smoke approximately six to eight times a day,” at which point the person “would likely be physically and mentally unable to perform tasks requiring attention and focus,” like working and driving.

From New York Times

“Fish Made of Fish, New York,” which he constructed in 1939 by arranging innumerable whitebait into a finny form, is as clean and clear as a woodcut print.

From New York Times