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fluey

British

/ ˈfluːɪ /

adjective

informal involved in, caused by, or like influenza

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When Kimberley Bradley took herself to bed feeling "a bit fluey" in April 2019, she did not know that it would be eight days before she woke up again.

From BBC • May 3, 2022

"I was up with the doctors this morning, a bit fluey and pretty lethargic," he told Golf Channel.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2014

But no; there was only a tuning-fork, and a little fluey dust mingled with scraps of paper.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

Guess it’s my morals that have gone fluey.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert

Wal, it looked as if that book was goin’ fluey.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

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