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Some nouns become adjectives by adding the letter 'y' as a suffix. Examples are:

  • down to downy
  • fish to fishy
  • hair to hairy
  • luck to lucky
  • meat to meaty
  • mold to moldy
  • salt to salty
  • toast to toasty
  • water to watery
  • worm to wormy
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