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(tīd'l) 
adj.
adj.
- Relating to or affected by tides: the tidal maximum; tidal pools; tidal waters.
- Dependent on or scheduled by the time of high tide: a tidal ferry.
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along with coastal, belongs to the list of Fowler's lost causes. His objection was that a Latinate suffix (-al corresponding to Latin -alis) is attached to a word of English origin (tide). Such objections seem absurdly puristic today.
| tiara'd, thus, thusly, thru | |
| tight, tightly, tilde, time |
(tīd'l)
adj.
adj.
Resembling the tides; alternately rising and falling.
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